. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 13.

Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2008 Sep;12(5):457–472. doi: 10.1177/1362361308096402

Table 3.

Means and standard deviations for atypical object behaviors

	Autism/ASD	Other delays	No concerns	F	Sig.
Spins (frequency)	8.56 (12.91)	1.70^b (2.54)	1.63^b (2.68)	6.78	p < 0.01
Rolls (frequency)	0.78 (2.33)	0.90 (1.37)	0.11^c (0.37)	3.48	p < 0.05
Rotates (duration, s)	20.79 (18.85)	6.75^b (7.50)	9.36^b (10.48)	4.33	p < 0.05
Unusual visual (duration, s)	65.43 (48.67)	15.95^a (39.98)	8.93^a (13.38)	18.30	p < 0.001

Simple comparisons reveal differences from autism/ASD group at p < 0.001.

Simple comparisons reveal differences from autism/ASD group at p < 0.01.

Simple comparisons reveal differences from autism/ASD group at p < 0.10.