Table 3.
Group means and SDs for proportion of story propositions conveyed and comprehension accuracy.
| Group
|
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|---|---|---|
| Young adults (N = 28)a | Older adults (N = 26)b | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Story propositions | ||
| Good Dog Carl | .52 (.11) | .52 (.16) |
| Picnic | .46 (.11) | .48 (.19) |
| Total | .49 (.09) | .51 (.16) |
| Total number of words* | ||
| Good Dog Carl | 432.07 (150.88) | 686.46 (228.65) |
| Picnic | 434.64 (126.07) | 662.50 (264.70) |
| Total | 866.71 (261.17) | 1348.96 (478.42) |
| Proportion of TNW/SP2*** | ||
| Good Dog Carl | 25.66 (6.80) | 39.19 (12.62) |
| Picnic | 40.05 (8.99) | 58.83 (19.40) |
| Total | 33.43 (14.76) | 51.25 (28.58) |
| Comprehension accuracy* | ||
| Good Dog Carl | .96 (.06) | .86 (.13) |
| Picnic | .96 (.05) | .93 (.11) |
| Total | .96 (.03) | .89 (.10) |
a
Outliers and missing data are excluded.
b
Proportion of total number of words produced per story proposition conveyed (TNW/SP2).
*
p < .01.
***
p < .0001.