Table 2 List of average reading speeds (SD) and range (characters/minute) for young (A) and old (B) readers for each text in the four tested languages.
| (A) 18–35 years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | English | Finnish | ||||||
| mean (SD) | min–max | mean (SD) | min–max | |||||
| 1 | 1247 (161) | 884–1538 | 1216 (112) | 948–1425 | ||||
| 2 | 1201 (137) | 849–1397 | 1281 (148) | 975–1675 | ||||
| 3 | 1236 (126) | 923–1403 | 1286 (138) | 1009–1568 | ||||
| 4 | 1228 (133) | 905–1416 | 1252 (121) | 981–1568 | ||||
| 5 | 1246 (153) | 874–154 | 1291 (157) | 990–1669 | ||||
| 6 | 1270 (147) | 904–1499 | 1255 (129) | 1018–1518 | ||||
| 7 | 1257 (155) | 785–1516 | 1304 (166) | 1009–1764 | ||||
| 8 | 1223 (158) | 799–1447 | 1241 (136) | 988–1595 | ||||
| 9 | 1227 (159) | 862–1451 | 1250 (152) | 935–1622 | ||||
| 10 | 1207 (152) | 900–1440 | 1254 (150) | 995–1561 | ||||
| General | 1234 (147) | 785–1540 | 1263 (142) | 935–1764 | ||||
| Text | French | German | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SD) | min–max | mean (SD) | min–max | |||||
| 1 | 1188 (132) | 989–1478 | 1139 (96) | 946–1290 | ||||
| 2 | 1177 (153) | 927–1486 | 1135 (112) | 952–1406 | ||||
| 3 | 1222 (161) | 957–1603 | 1135 (135) | 826–1362 | ||||
| 4 | 1240 (141) | 1024–1568 | 1132 (107) | 947–1368 | ||||
| 5 | 1228 (143) | 949–1519 | 1131 (110) | 896–1368 | ||||
| 6 | 1222 (162) | 988–1567 | 1128 (107) | 935–1294 | ||||
| 7 | 1216 (167) | 936–1528 | 1122 (98) | 899–1261 | ||||
| 8 | 1207 (158) | 990–1499 | 1114 (109) | 877–1258 | ||||
| 9 | 1258 (157) | 1038–1584 | 1111 (95) | 931–1256 | ||||
| 10 | 1180 (155) | 951–1458 | 1110 (81) | 943–1243 | ||||
| General | 1214 (152) | 927–1603 | 1126 (105) | 826–1406 | ||||
| (B) 60–85 years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | English | Finnish | ||||||
| mean (SD) | min–max | mean (SD) | min–max | |||||
| 1 | 967 (118) | 781–1230 | 987 (182) | 626–1388 | ||||
| 2 | 941 (87) | 783–1099 | 1023 (184) | 611–1355 | ||||
| 3 | 952 (91) | 780–1135 | 1032 (174) | 693–1328 | ||||
| 4 | 950 (97) | 808–1132 | 1010 (188) | 633–1352 | ||||
| 5 | 971 (91) | 812–1095 | 1026 (183) | 663–1349 | ||||
| 6 | 975 (90) | 790–1111 | 1018 (173) | 671–1305 | ||||
| 7 | 969 (113) | 809–1173 | 1030 (183) | 668–1369 | ||||
| 8 | 915 (89) | 774–1067 | 995 (181) | 614–1317 | ||||
| 9 | 946 (87) | 779–1117 | 998 (189) | 608–1369 | ||||
| 10 | 918 (94) | 751–1184 | 1017 (182) | 610–1353 | ||||
| General | 951 (97) | 751–1230 | 1014 (179) | 608–1388 | ||||
| Text | French | German | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SD) | min–max | mean (SD) | min–max | |||||
| 1 | 1124 (162) | 789–1413 | 956 (113) | 802–1200 | ||||
| 2 | 1084 (148) | 810–1382 | 923 (109) | 761–1188 | ||||
| 3 | 1119 (151) | 857–1417 | 931 (107) | 772–1209 | ||||
| 4 | 1169 (163) | 884–1480 | 953 (125) | 727–1248 | ||||
| 5 | 1143 (171) | 771–1409 | 925 (124) | 745–1229 | ||||
| 6 | 1148 (171) | 838–1446 | 940 (124) | 782–1216 | ||||
| 7 | 1139 (169) | 859–1378 | 950 (127) | 764–1213 | ||||
| 8 | 1107 (152) | 814–1375 | 903 (111) | 733–1141 | ||||
| 9 | 1155 (156) | 893–1416 | 935 (127) | 763–1216 | ||||
| 10 | 1119 (165) | 785–1367 | 926 (114) | 750–1182 | ||||
| General | 1131 (160) | 771–1480 | 934 (117) | 727–1248 | ||||