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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2003 Aug;12(3):349–358. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2003/080)

TABLE 5.

Correlations (df = 31) between standardized tests and spontaneous speech measures with age and nonverbal IQ partialed out.

Measure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. NDWR
2. MLU .77**
3. IPSyn .70** .80**
4. PPVT-III .41* .31 .37
5. EVT .33 .31 .31 .51*
6. Vocabulary combined .42* .36 .39* .87** .87**
7. Concepts and Directionsa .54** .55** .35 .24 .50* .43*
8. Sentence Structureb .36 .32 .23 .61** .40* .58** .37
9. Word Structureb .40* .42* .21 .40* .58** .56** .56** .53**
10. CELF grammar .43* .43* .25 .55** .58** .65** .52** .81** .92**
11. CELF total .51* .49* .36 .58** .68** .73** .72** .59** .84** .86**

Note. NDWR = number of different word roots; MLU = mean length of utterance; IPSyn = Index of Productive Syntax; PPVT-III = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–Third Edition; EVT = Expressive Vocabulary Test.

a

CELF measure of lexical–semantic skills.

b

CELF measure of grammatical skills

*

p < .01.

**

p < .001.