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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Feb 26;109(3):353–370. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.01.006

Table 1.

Demographic Information and Verbal Abilities for Participants in the Arbitrary Task Cue

Variables	Task Cue Condition		Condition Comparison
Variables	Arbitrary Task Cue	Transparent Task Cue
N	29	28
Age (years)	M = 5.56 SD = .33 Range = 59–73 months	M = 5.69 SD = .30 Range = 60–73 months	t(55) = −1.60, p = .11
Sex	Girls: 41% Boys: 59%	Girls: 43% Boys: 57%	χ²(1, N = 57) = .01, p = .91
Race	White Non-Hispanic: 93% Other: 7%	White Non–Hispanic: 79% Other: 21%	Fisher’s exact test (N = 56), p = .10
Household monthly income(US $)	M = 5,209 SD = 2,737 Range = 1,020–12,000	M = 4,811 SD = 2,374 Range = 674–11,250	t(54) = .58, p = .56
Maternal education(years)	M = 15.79 SD = 2.33 Range = 12–20	M = 16.32 SD = 3.22 Range = 12–26	t(54) = −.71, p = .47
Verbal abilities^a	M = 105.72 SD = 16.92 Range = 75–138	M = 104.39 SD = 19.73 Range = 70–140	t(55) = .27, p = .78

Group and Transparent Task Cue Group

Note. Information about race, household monthly income, and maternal education was missing for one participant in the Arbitrary Task Cue condition.

^a

Standard score for the Verbal Comprehension section of the BIA.