Table 5.
Regression Predicting Word Reading from Morphology × Language Group Interaction
Reference group: Spanish bilinguals | Reference group: Chinese bilinguals | ||||||||
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β | t | p | β | t | p | ||||
Constant | −1.75 | −3.85 | <.001 | *** | Constant | −1.62 | −3.76 | <.001 | *** |
Age | 0.24 | 4.05 | <.001 | *** | Age | 0.24 | 4.05 | <.001 | *** |
Maternal education | 0.13 | 2.87 | .005 | ** | Maternal education | 0.13 | 2.87 | .005 | ** |
Vocabulary | 0.19 | 2.86 | .005 | ** | Vocabulary | 0.19 | 2.86 | .005 | ** |
LG: Chinese | 0.13 | 1.22 | .224 | LG: Spanish | −0.24 | −1.22 | .224 | ||
LG: English | −0.25 | −2.57 | .019 | * | LG: English | −0.38 | −3.77 | <.001 | *** |
Derivations | −0.01 | −0.10 | .918 | Derivations | 0.37 | 3.24 | .001 | *** | |
Compounds | 0.48 | 4.14 | <.001 | *** | Compounds | 0.07 | 0.71 | .481 | |
Chinese × Derivations | 0.39 | 2.55 | .011 | * | Spanish × Derivations | −0.39 | −2.55 | .011 | * |
English × Derivations | 0.55 | 3.53 | .001 | *** | English × Derivations | 0.17 | 1.08 | .282 | |
Chinese × Compounds | −0.42 | −2.70 | .008 | ** | Spanish × Compounds | 0.42 | 2.70 | .008 | ** |
English × Compounds | −0.39 | −2.47 | .014 | * | English × Compounds | 0.03 | 0.20 | .846 |
Note. LG = Language Group. F(11, 191)=38.27, p < .001, adjusted R2 = 0.67.