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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2008 Jul–Aug;79(4):914–929. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01167.x

Table 4.

Means (Standard Deviations) for Proportion Accuracy Scores to Suppositional Questions

Control (n = 65) Oath (n = 67) Reassurance (n = 66)



Child Instigator M (SD) Child Instigator M (SD) Child Instigator M (SD)
Play (n = 52)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.96 (0.12) 1.00 (0.00) 0.98 (0.06) 0.96 (0.12) 1.00 (0.00) 0.98 (0.06) 0.90 (0.20) 1.00 (0.00) 0.95 (0.10)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.90 (0.20) 1.00 (0.00) 0.95 (0.10) 0.93 (0.14) 0.97 (0.11) 0.95 (0.08) 0.93 (0.21) 1.00 (0.00) 0.97 (0.11)
    M 0.93 (0.16) 1.00 (0.00) 0.96 (0.08) 0.94 (0.13) 0.98 (0.08) 0.96 (0.07) 0.92 (0.20) 1.00 (0.00) 0.96 (0.10)
Play coach (n = 49)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.75 (0.46) 0.75 (0.39) 0.75 (0.42) 0.89 (0.33) 0.78 (0.37) 0.83 (0.33) 0.96 (0.12) 0.96 (0.12) 0.96 (0.12)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.81 (0.27) 0.79 (0.40) 0.80 (0.32) 0.79 (0.29) 0.92 (0.24) 0.85 (0.16) 0.71 (0.33) 0.83 (0.25) 0.77 (0.22)
    M 0.78 (0.37) 0.77 (0.38) 0.96 (0.08) 0.84 (0.31) 0.84 (0.31) 0.96 (0.07) 0.83 (0.27) 0.90 (0.20) 0.96 (0.10)
No-play (n = 49)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.29 (0.38) 0.19 (0.37) 0.24 (0.37) 0.50 (0.36) 0.19 (0.37) 0.34 (0.35) 0.25 (0.15) 0.00 (0.00) 0.13 (0.08)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.59 (0.43) 0.33 (0.50) 0.46 (0.43) 0.79 (0.35) 0.69 (0.46) 0.74 (0.39) 0.60 (0.45) 0.69 (0.46) 0.65 (0.41)
    M 0.45 (0.42) 0.26 (0.44) 0.36 (0.41) 0.65 (0.37) 0.44 (0.48) 0.54 (0.41) 0.43 (0.38) 0.34 (0.47) 0.39 (0.39)
No-play coach (n = 48)
    4- to 5-year-olds 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.17 (0.36) 0.17 (0.36) 0.17 (0.36) 0.04 (0.12) 0.00 (0.00) 0.02 (0.06)
    6- to 7-year-olds 0.29 (0.45) 0.21 (0.35) 0.25 (0.39) 0.25 (0.39) 0.21 (0.40) 0.23 (0.39) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)
    M 0.15 (0.34) 0.10 (0.26) 0.13 (0.30) 0.21 (0.36) 0.19 (0.36) 0.20 (0.36) 0.02 (0.08) 0.00 (0.00) 0.01 (0.04)