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Published in final edited form as: Commun Disord Q. 2008 May 1;29(3):169–176. doi: 10.1177/1525740108318697

Table 2.

Analyses of Variance (ANOVAs) of Assessment Results by Diagnostic Category and Least Significant Difference (LSD) Post Hoc Comparisons

Variable	ANOVA			LSD Post Hoc Comparison Level of Significance
Variable	df	F	Sig.	AS to HFA	AS to PDD-NOS	HFA to PDD-NOS
Age tested	2, 32	0.46	.637	.528	.783	.361
FSIQ	2, 32	5.30	.010^**	.010^**	.006^**	.763
VIQ	2, 32	6.89	.003^**	.001^**	.007^**	.622
NVIQ	2, 32	2.06	.144	.330	.051	.270
VABS COM	2, 32	1.94	.161	.061	.463	.251
VABS SOC	2, 32	2.18	.130	.328	.301	.045

Note: AS = Asperger syndrome; HFA = high-functioning autism; PDD-NOS = pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified; FSIQ = full-scale intelligence quotient; VIQ = verbal intelligence quotient; NVIQ = nonverbal intelligence quotient; VABS = Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Sparrow, Balla, & Cicchetti, 1984); COM = Communication domain; VABS SOC = Socialization domain.

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p <.01.