Table 3.
Study 2: Participant characteristics and Sentence Completion Task results by group.
| ASD (n = 41) | Control (n = 41) | t | p | Cohen’s d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 14.4 | (2.6) | 14.5 | (2.7) | 0.21 | .84 | .05 |
| FIQ | 95.0 | (21.6) | 95.6 | (22.1) | 0.11 | .92 | .02 |
| VIQ | 97.3 | (21.3) | 97.8 | (21.9) | 0.11 | .92 | .02 |
| PIQ | 94.3 | (20.4) | 94.6 | (19.1) | 0.08 | .93 | .02 |
| Completion score (maximum = 20) | 15.63 | (2.80) | 17.41 | (2.80) | 3.10a | .002 | .69 |
| Range | 8–20 | 10–20 | |||||
| Number local completions (maximum = 10) | 1.56 | (1.38) | 0.76 | (1.20) | 3.00a | .003 | .67 |
| Range | 0–5 | 0–5 | |||||
| Response time to test stems (s) | 3.54 | (2.17) | 3.33 | (2.35) | 0.76a | .45 | .17 |
| Range | 0.70–10.10 | 0.70–11.60 | |||||
Note. Values are means and standard deviations (in parentheses).
a
Mann–Whitney U tests, z values reported.