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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 Jun;62(SPEC):85–96. doi: 10.1093/geronb/62.special_issue_1.85

Table 5.

Prediction of Initial Status in Navigational Efficiency

Model A Model B Model C Model D Model E Model F Model G







Variable Estimate t Estimate t Estimate t Estimate t Estimate t Estimate t Estimate t
Fixed effects
 Initial status
   Intercept 0.802 16.4*** 1.065 19.0*** 1.065 16.2*** 1.065 20.8*** 1.065 22.4*** 1.064 22.4*** 1.065 21.7***
   Prior experience −0.166 −3.8*** −0.102 −2.4* −0.091 −2.1* −0.021 −0.4
   Crystallized intelligence −0.025 −0.5 −0.029 −0.6
   Fluid intelligence −0.148 −3.0** −0.137 −2.8** −0.091 −4.1***
   Age 0.006 1.2
 Rate of change
   Average −0.175 −9.6*** −0.175 −8.5*** −0.175 −9.6*** −0.175 −9.6*** −0.175 −9.6*** −0.175 −9.6***
Variance components Wald Z Wald Z Wald Z Wald Z Wald Z Wald Z
 Level 1 residual variance 0.137 0.087 8.8*** 0.075 7.2*** 0.087 8.8*** 0.087 8.8*** 0.086 8.8*** 0.087 8.8***
 Level 2 variances
   Initial status 0.089 0.102 4.1*** 0.171 3.8*** 0.076 3.9*** 0.057 3.5*** 0.056 3.5*** 0.064 3.7***
   Rate of change 0.007 1.5
Pseudo R-square statistics
R2yy 0.171 0.171 0.293 0.388 0.396 0.350
R20 0.254 0.441 0.368
R21

Notes: R2yy is the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable explained by the model; R20 is the proportion of the between person variation in initial status explained by the model; R21 is the proportion of the between person variable in rate of change explained by the model.

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01;

***

p ≤ .001.