Table 2.
Parallel-forms reliability: Story scores and productivity measures by story, gender, and ethnicity
| Book | Gender | Ethnicity | Total | Comp | I & L | ES | No. words | NDW | No. C-units | MLU-W | No. clauses | Clauses/C-unit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Friends | F | AA | M | 28.67 | 10.25 | 14.42 | 4.00 | 124.75 | 55.92 | 19.42 | 6.31 | 25.00 | 1.26 |
| SD | 10.71 | 4.43 | 5.62 | 1.48 | 48.90 | 22.97 | 4.58 | 1.59 | 10.19 | 0.30 | |||
| EA | M | 28.85 | 10.92 | 13.62 | 4.31 | 133.92 | 61.62 | 19.85 | 6.63 | 26.31 | 1.31 | ||
| SD | 8.43 | 3.15 | 4.29 | 1.55 | 64.69 | 22.56 | 7.99 | 1.30 | 12.62 | 0.25 | |||
| LA | M | 27.33 | 10.00 | 13.08 | 4.25 | 121.83 | 52.08 | 19.67 | 6.23 | 24.33 | 1.23 | ||
| SD | 4.62 | 2.92 | 2.27 | 0.97 | 30.69 | 8.11 | 4.31 | 1.06 | 7.08 | 0.15 | |||
| M | AA | M | 28.70 | 9.20 | 15.30 | 4.20 | 124.20 | 54.40 | 21.00 | 5.97 | 23.60 | 1.15 | |
| SD | 6.02 | 3.16 | 4.35 | 1.32 | 37.94 | 17.38 | 6.02 | 1.30 | 5.68 | 0.22 | |||
| EA | M | 28.57 | 10.43 | 14.29 | 3.86 | 134.14 | 60.29 | 19.57 | 6.70 | 24.57 | 1.22 | ||
| SD | 8.52 | 2.99 | 4.39 | 2.04 | 68.61 | 22.46 | 7.72 | 0.80 | 12.96 | 0.18 | |||
| LA | M | 22.25 | 7.75 | 11.50 | 3.00 | 98.75 | 40.75 | 14.00 | 6.93 | 20.00 | 1.38 | ||
| SD | 9.14 | 2.75 | 5.92 | 1.41 | 33.78 | 11.41 | 2.58 | 1.38 | 6.48 | 0.22 | |||
| Both | All | M | 27.98 | 10.02 | 13.90 | 4.07 | 125.45 | 55.62 | 19.48 | 6.39 | 24.52 | 1.25 | |
| SD | 7.86 | 3.34 | 4.34 | 1.42 | 48.84 | 18.94 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 9.52 | 0.23 | |||
| Bird and His Ring | F | AA | M | 30.58 | 11.17 | 15.33 | 4.08 | 161.08 | 61.67 | 21.92 | 7.24 | 28.58 | 1.30 |
| SD | 7.34 | 3.56 | 3.77 | 1.31 | 60.04 | 20.97 | 6.23 | 1.08 | 10.30 | 0.31 | |||
| EA | M | 25.92 | 9.38 | 12.69 | 3.92 | 137.38 | 52.69 | 19.31 | 7.16 | 23.92 | 1.25 | ||
| SD | 8.17 | 3.59 | 3.77 | 1.55 | 44.33 | 10.27 | 6.05 | 1.02 | 7.26 | 0.18 | |||
| LA | M | 26.00 | 8.83 | 13.42 | 3.75 | 133.42 | 49.42 | 18.92 | 7.05 | 24.25 | 1.26 | ||
| SD | 6.90 | 2.95 | 3.96 | 1.14 | 50.50 | 18.45 | 6.02 | 1.22 | 10.21 | 0.20 | |||
| M | AA | M | 26.70 | 9.00 | 13.40 | 4.30 | 151.70 | 52.10 | 23.50 | 6.52 | 26.90 | 1.17 | |
| SD | 5.79 | 3.33 | 3.63 | 0.67 | 73.62 | 12.78 | 11.55 | 1.20 | 12.49 | 0.23 | |||
| EA | M | 24.57 | 9.43 | 12.14 | 3.00 | 116.00 | 47.00 | 15.86 | 7.20 | 19.14 | 1.19 | ||
| SD | 8.10 | 2.76 | 4.45 | 1.63 | 40.63 | 16.37 | 4.67 | 0.79 | 6.67 | 0.15 | |||
| LA | M | 22.75 | 7.00 | 12.50 | 3.25 | 132.50 | 48.75 | 18.00 | 7.54 | 27.00 | 1.53 | ||
| SD | 6.18 | 1.41 | 4.80 | 1.26 | 35.83 | 13.23 | 5.48 | 1.44 | 6.06 | 0.17 | |||
| Both | All | M | 26.66 | 9.41 | 13.43 | 3.83 | 141.02 | 52.81 | 19.98 | 7.08 | 25.10 | 1.26 | |
| SD | 7.28 | 3.27 | 3.91 | 1.30 | 53.86 | 16.13 | 7.27 | 1.10 | 9.55 | 0.23 |
Note. F = female; M = male; AA = African American; EA = European American; LA = Latino American; total = total score; Comp = Story Components; I & L = Story Ideas and Language; ES = Episode Structure; NDW = number of different words; MLU-W = mean length of utterance in words.