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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2004 Mar 1;96(1):119–129. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.96.1.119

Table 3. Path Weights, Standard Errors, and t Values for the Prosody as Partial Mediator Model.

Path Weight SE ta p
Direct paths
Decoding speed to:
 Intersentential pause structure − .63 .11 6.00 .001
 Intrasentential pause length − .52 .11 4.81 .001
 Sentence-final F0 declination .31 .11 2.78 .004
 Child–adult F0 match .32 .11 2.84 .003
 WIAT-Reading Comprehension .73 .14 5.15 .001
Indirect paths
Reading comprehension from:
 Intersentential pause structure .04 .09 0.42 .170
 Intrasentential pause length .03 .08 0.36 .181
 Sentence-final F0 declination .03 .08 0.34 .185
 Child–adult F0 match .19 .07 2.57 .005

Note. F0 = fundamental frequency; WIAT = Wechsler Individual Achievement Test.

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df = 15.