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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2010 Oct 25;108(2):242–259. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.09.001

Table 5.

Correlations between single-word reading and elision items.

Controlling for:	Nonverbal IQ and vocabulary		Nonverbal IQ, vocabulary, and Pinyin
Controlling for:	Younger children (N = 21)	Older children (N = 28)	Younger children (N = 21)	Older children (N = 28)
Syllable	.49^*	.09	.48^*	.05
Sub-syllabic	−.02	.22	−.04	.19
Phonemic	N/A	.50^**	N/A	.49^**
Syllable
Initial	.50^*	.02	.49^*	−.02
Medial	.50^*	.25	.48^*	.22
Final	.39^†	.07	.38^†	.04
Sub-syllabic
Onset	−.10	.27	−.11	.27
Rime	.04	.09	.02	.05
Phonemic
Initial	N/A	.46^*	N/A	.44^*
Medial	N/A	.35^†	N/A	.35^†
Final	N/A	.37^*	N/A	.35^†

Note. N/A, performance was at floor.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.