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Oura readiness: the multi-variate analysis

n = 243 days · 2025-08-14 → 2026-07-26   first pass · exploratory

A multi-variate analysis puts several predictors into one model at the same time. Each effect is then the change in readiness for that behaviour with the others held steady. Comparing a behaviour's effect alone with its effect alongside the others shows how much of it was really something else.

This covers Oura readiness only. Nick's own 1–3 rating from the Reflections app had too little signal to be worth modelling this way; see the summary.

Timing. Outcome: Oura readiness on the morning after day D. Predictors: behaviour on day D and bedtime on the evening of D. In the code, next_readiness is shifted back one day by qsci/loaders/oura.py, so the model pairs rows with no further shift.

Each predictor alone

-7.5 -5 -2.5 0 no change Alcohol -4.9 pts effect found Left comfort zone -3.5 pts effect found Caffeine, per cup -2.0 pts effect found Bedtime, per hour later -2.7 pts effect found change in next-morning readiness (points), each alone

Effects, alone and together

Points of readiness, with 95% interval and p-value. Ordinary least squares, one row per day, the same 243 days in every model.

Day-before predictorAloneBehaviours together+ bedtime
Alcohol-4.95
[-7.5, -2.4] · p=0.0001
-3.94
[-6.5, -1.4] · p=0.0026
-3.21
[-5.7, -0.7] · p=0.0129
Left comfort zone-3.50
[-5.4, -1.6] · p=0.0003
-2.85
[-4.7, -1.0] · p=0.0028
-2.53
[-4.4, -0.7] · p=0.0067
Caffeine, per cup-1.99
[-3.6, -0.4] · p=0.0158
-1.40
[-3.0, +0.2] · p=0.0813
-0.28
[-1.9, +1.4] · p=0.7363
Bedtime, per hour later-2.70
[-3.8, -1.6] · p=0.0000
-2.13
[-3.3, -1.0] · p=0.0002
Share explained (R²)0.1040.152

How the predictors move together

Correlations between the predictors on these days. Caffeine and bedtime moving together is why caffeine's effect shrinks once bedtime is in the model.

AlcoholLeft comfort zoneCaffeine, per cupBedtime, per hour later
Alcohol+1.00+0.17+0.15+0.21
Left comfort zone+0.17+1.00+0.09+0.14
Caffeine, per cup+0.15+0.09+1.00+0.39
Bedtime, per hour later+0.21+0.14+0.39+1.00

What this does not do yet

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