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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2010 Dec;25(4):949–962. doi: 10.1037/a0020000

Table 1. Latent Factor Scores and Univariate Measures of Tests of Vocabulary, Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Inhibition for the two Groups of Young and Older Adults.

Young Adults Older Adults F (1,195)

Mean SD Mean SD
Vocabulary < −
0.01
4.84 9.66 6.99
Years of Education 16.2 0.7 17.1 2.9 1.89
North American Reading Test 31.0 5.3 36.3 7.4 33.29**
Shipley Vocabulary 31.8 3.2 34.9 3.4 46.78**
Working Memory < −
0.01
4.98 −12.88 4.13
Digits Forward 9.3 2.2 7.7 2.4 4.31*
Digits Backward 7.7 2.4 5.2 0.7 7.68*
Reading Span 3.5 0.8 3.1 0.6 12.43**
Operation Span 4.0 0.9 2.7 1.2 73.45**
Processing Speed 0.0 0.61 −1.99 0.72
Digit Symbol 35.1 4.7 24.4 5.2 229.16**
Stroop Xs 89.1 14.2 69.8 13.9 92.76**
Trail Making A 45.7 10.0 78.4 28.5 108.39**
Inhibition −0.18 0.13 −0.38 0.21
Stroop words 66.5 12.8 39.3 11.8 43.28**
Stroop Interference %
25.5
0.10 −42.1 .15 83.89**
Trail Making B 51.8 12.9 104.3 24.8 18.46**
Trail Making Interference % −10.4 2.7 −38.2 3.8 23.41**
*

p < .05

**

p < .01