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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2010 Apr;53(2):333–349. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0183)

Table 4.

Means and standard deviation for MLU in words and morphemes per group

MLUW MLUM

Group Age Range N Mean Std Dev Cohen’s d Effect Size Mean Std Dev Cohen’s d Effect Size
Affected 2;6 - 2;11 6 2.37 0.32 0.93 2.59 0.39 0.90
Affected 3;0 - 3;5 15 2.84 0.38 0.97 3.07 0.48 1.07
Affected 3;6 - 3;11 24 3.10 0.75 1.04 3.36 0.80 1.09
Affected 4;0 - 4;5 54 3.31 0.70 1.22 3.64 0.80 1.22
Affected 4;6 - 4;11 72 3.60 0.62 0.95 3.95 0.70 1.01
Affected 5;0 - 5;5 84 3.72 0.61 1.05 4.09 0.70 1.10
Affected 5;6 - 5;11 97 3.95 0.60 0.85 4.34 0.67 0.89
Affected 6;0 - 6;5 108 3.98 0.70 0.90 4.38 0.75 0.92
Affected 6;6 - 6;11 94 4.18 0.71 0.79 4.63 0.79 0.84
Affected 7;0 - 7;5 103 4.15 0.62 0.69 4.56 0.69 0.72
Affected 7;6 - 7;11 100 4.33 0.88 0.57 4.77 0.96 0.60
Affected 8;0 - 8;5 94 4.36 0.75 0.86 4.80 0.83 0.89
Affected 8;6 - 8;11 61 4.49 0.86 0.72 4.97 0.93 0.68
Unaffected 2;6 - 2;11 17 2.91 0.58 3.23 0.71
Unaffected 3;0 - 3;5 29 3.43 0.61 3.81 0.69
Unaffected 3;6 - 3;11 38 3.71 0.58 4.09 0.67
Unaffected 4;0 - 4;5 49 4.10 0.65 4.57 0.76
Unaffected 4;6 - 4;11 74 4.28 0.72 4.75 0.79
Unaffected 5;0 - 5;5 78 4.38 0.63 4.88 0.72
Unaffected 5;6 - 5;11 77 4.47 0.61 4.96 0.70
Unaffected 6;0 - 6;5 70 4.57 0.66 5.07 0.75
Unaffected 6;6 - 6;11 63 4.70 0.66 5.22 0.71
Unaffected 7;0 - 7;5 51 4.72 0.83 5.22 0.91
Unaffected 7;6 - 7;11 47 4.92 1.03 5.45 1.13
Unaffected 8;0 - 8;5 41 5.08 0.84 5.67 0.97
Unaffected 8;6 – 8;11 18 4.99 0.71 5.51 0.79