Table 2. Speaker-averaged paired comparison of front vs. non-front vocalic contexts (n=7)

Measure (mel) Front M Non-front M Mean diff. Paired t(6) p (Holm) Exact perm. p
F2std 1,041.5 963.8 77.7 3.365 .061 .016*
F1std 696.1 609.8 86.3 2.895 .083 .016*
F2off 1,180.4 1,080.8 99.6 1.714 .275 .156
F1off 677.2 604.2 72.9 1.687 .275 .125
Hotelling's paired T²=58.283, F(4,3)=7.285, p=.067. Exact permutation p based on n=7 exact sign-flip test (2⁷=128 permutations).
*p < .05 (uncorrected exact test); no measure survives Holm correction.