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Published in final edited form as: Monogr Soc Res Child Dev. 2020 Mar;85(1):7–137. doi: 10.1111/mono.12412

TABLE 4.

Correlations Among Children’s Age, Gender, and Proportions of Each Exploration Category by Site

Child Demographic	Exploration Category	Site

		RI	CA	TX
Age	Exploring individual gears	r_s(110) = −.24	r_s(105) = .01	r_s(102) = −.24
		p = .01	p = .94	p = .02
	Exploring connections	r_s(110) = .22	r_s(105) = .47	r_s(102) = .41
		p = .02	p < .001	p < .001
	Attempting to explore connections	r_s(110) = .38	r_s(105) = .33	r_s(102) = .15
		p < .001	p = .001	p = .13
	Exploring gear machines	r_s(110) = −.02	r_s(105) = −.20	r_s(102) = .20
		p = .81	p = .04	p = .04
	Attempting to explore gear machines	r_s(110) = .34	r_s(105) = .05	r_s(102) = .21
		p < .001	p = .64	p = .03
	Not interacting with exhibit	r_s(110) = −.27	r_s(105) = −.36	r_s(102) = −.27
		p = .04	p < .001	p = .005
Gender	Exploring individual gears	r_s(110) = −.07	r_s(106) = −.12	r_s(102) = .12
		p = .50	p = .24	p = .23
	Exploring connections	r_s(110) = −.03	r_s(106) = −.21	r_s(102) = −.26
		p = .79	p = .03	p = .007
	Attempting to explore connections	r_s(110) = .09	r_s(106) = −.14	r_s(102) = −.26
		p = .33	p = .16	p = .008
	Exploring gear machines	r_s(110) = −.08	r_s(106) = .04	r_s(102) = −.09
		p = .40	p = .71	p = .36
	Attempting to explore gear machines	r_s(110) = .02	r_s(106) = −.03	r_s(102) = −.07
		p = .84	p = .79	p = .46
	Not interacting with exhibit	r_s(110) = .02	r_s(106) = .15	r_s(102) = .17
		p = .87	p = .12	p = .09

Note. Data from one CA family were omitted because of incomplete age information; gender was coded 0 = boy, 1 = girl.