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Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 Jun;40(6):665–676. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0914-1

Table 3.

Correlations between ratings of interests

Variable pair	AU₃₀	DS₃₀	TD₁₈
Director-old objects	−.46^*	.33	.06
Director-new objects	.15	.19	.20
Old objects-new objects	−.26	.31	−.34^**

AU autism, DS Down syndrome, and TD typical development group; subscripts refer to average age (in months) at observation. n = 23, 29, and 56 for the AU, DS, and TD groups, respectively

p < .05;

^**

p < .01