Table 1.
Descriptive Data on Child and Examiner Language Sample Measures.
| Language Measure | MZ | DZ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | Range | n | Mean (SD) | Range | |
| Child | ||||||
| Total Complete & Intelligible C-Units | 206 | 141 (47) | 31–272 | 298 | 136 (45) | 10–236 |
| Mean Length of C-unit | 206 | 5.60 (1.03) | 2.59–8.43 | 298 | 5.62 (1.31) | 1.81–9.50 |
| Number of Total Words | 167 | 514 (89) | 263–730 | 238 | 528 (110) | 283–887 |
| Number of Different Words | 167 | 188 (27) | 104–275 | 238 | 191 (29) | 105–274 |
| Total Number of Conjunctions | 167 | 35 (15) | 6–85 | 238 | 37 (20) | 5–109 |
| Examiner | ||||||
| Total Complete and Intelligible Units | 208 | 131 (36) | 53–259 | 298 | 127 (36) | 50–261 |
| Mean Length of C-unit | 208 | 5.95 (.75) | 4.09–8.43 | 298 | 5.81 (.78) | 3.33–8.16 |
| Number of Total Words | 162 | 540 (73) | 355–779 | 230 | 528 (80) | 225–748 |
| Number of Different Words | 162 | 176 (17) | 131–216 | 230 | 173 (23) | 99–252 |
| Total Number of Conjunctions | 162 | 26 (10) | 7–56 | 230 | 24(10) | 6–53 |