Table 6.
Correlations Between Accuracy at 25 Months and Offline Vocabulary and Grammar Measures at 12, 15, 18, and 21 Months
Age | Words understooda | Words producedb | Grammatical complexityc | M3Ld |
---|---|---|---|---|
12 months | .29* | .32* | — | — |
15 months | .28* | .31 | — | — |
18 months | — | .39* | .18 | .32* |
21 months | — | .42* | .36* | .41* |
Note. Mean proportion of correct shifts to the target picture. M3L = mean of the three longest utterances. Dashes indicate data are not available.
Number of words reported as “understands” on the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI): Words and Gestures (reported at 12 and 15 months).
Number of words reported as “understands and says” on the CDI: Words and Gestures (reported at 12 and 15 months) or CDI: Words and Sentences (reported at 18 and 21 months).
Number of times the parent chose the second (more complex) example on the complexity section of the CDI: Words and Sentences (reported at 18 and 21 months).
M3L reported on the CDI: Words and Sentences (reported at 18 and 21 months).
p < .05.