Table 5.
Means and standard deviations for raw scores on standardized cognitive and language tests
| Autism (N = 35)
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DD (N = 38)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| MSEL composite | 75.49 | 13.21 | 73.68 | 22.74 | 
| MSEL nonverbal | 60.86 | 10.22 | 60.00 | 19.30 | 
| MSEL receptive language | 16.17 | 5.38 | 19.11 | 6.95 | 
| MSEL expressive language | 14.63 | 4.37 | 13.68 | 5.09 | 
| PLS-4 total (AC +EC) | 46.11 | 6.26 | 47.53 | 10.27 | 
| PLS-4 AC | 21.69 | 3.83 | 24.87 | 6.77 | 
| PLS-4 EC | 24.43 | 3.48 | 22.66 | 4.94 | 
MSEL Mullen scales of early learning, PLS-4 AC preschool language scale-4 auditory comprehension, EC expressive communication