Table 3.
Correlations and split-half reliabilities for the sample (N = 570)
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Phonological awareness, K | (.93) | |||||||
| 2. Letter identification, K | .48 | (.94) | ||||||
| 3. Phonological awareness, 2nd | .58 | .43 | (.86) | |||||
| 4. Phonetic decoding, 2nd | .54 | .50 | .71 | (.91) | ||||
| 5. Word reading, 2nd | .59 | .62 | .70 | .88 | (.97) | |||
| 6. Phonological awareness, 4th | .48 | .38 | .67 | .63 | .63 | (.83) | ||
| 7. Phonetic decoding, 4th | .52 | .46 | .68 | .84 | .82 | .69 | (.89) | |
| 8. Word reading, 4th | .55 | .56 | .67 | .83 | .90 | .65 | .87 | (.91) |
Split-half reliabilities for each measure are in parentheses on the diagnol; all correlations are significant at p < .05.