Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Hear Res. 1993 Jun;36(3):634–639. doi: 10.1044/jshr.3603.634

TABLE 2.

Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) of percent-correct scores for serial-recall task for the YNH group.

Talker Difficulty Rate Serial position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
N E 2 71.7 (31.3) 56.7 (26.7) 48.3 (32.4) 38.3 (32.4) 41.7 (28.8) 38.3 (32.4) 53.3 (32.3) 58.3 (24.8) 76.7 (25.4) 90.0 (13.5)
N H 2 53.3 (33.4) 47.6 (31.1) 36.7 (28.1) 28.3 (27.6) 25.0 (24.3) 26.7 (23.1) 33.3 (23.1) 46.7 (28.7) 70.0 (16.0) 60.0 (12.1)
N E 1 75.0 (29.7) 55.0 (36.3) 43.3 (30.6) 51.7 (33.5) 30.0 (28.9) 16.7 (16.7) 35.0 (27.1) 41.7 (31.3) 56.7 (32.8) 85.0 (29.7)
N H 1 68.3 (24.8) 26.7 (15.6) 28.3 (27.6) 25.0 (25.8) 13.3 (15.6) 16.7 (22.3) 13.3 (24.6) 33.3 (28.7) 45.0 (27.1) 66.7 (38.5)
D E 2 78.3 (21.7) 56.7 (25.4) 53.3 (31.1) 33.3 (23.1) 28.3 (19.9) 23.3 (18.8) 31.7 (23.3) 36.7 (28.1) 66.7 (28.7) 80.0 (17.1)
D H 2 51.7 (18.0) 21.7 (15.9)) 40.0 (25.6 16.7 (28.1) 16.7 (18.8) 16.7 (14.4) 23.3 (23.9) 21.7 (26.2) 48.3 (21.7) 60.0 (12.1)
D E 1 71.7 (27.6) 51.7 (26.2) 38.3 (24.8) 18.3 (18.0) 26.7 (19.7) 20.0 (17.1) 26.7 (30.0) 31.7 (28.9) 35.0 (25.8) 70.0 (31.3)
D H 1 33.3 (19.7) 20.0 (24.1) 13.3 (9.85) 15.0 (15.1) 6.67 (13.0) 15.0 (15.1) 25.0 (25.8) 11.7 (13.4) 35.0 (25.8) 50.0 (27.6)

Data are shown for each serial position (1–10), each talker (N = natural; D = DECtalk), each level of word difficulty (E = easy; H = hard), and each presentation rate (2 = 2-sec interword interval; 1 = 1-sec interword interval).