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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Read Writ. 2012 May 24;26(5):665–680. doi: 10.1007/s11145-012-9382-7

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for all Measures for the Adults with Low Literacy Skills

Measure Mean Standard
Deviation
Minimum Score Maximum Score
DIBELS PSF 25.08 11.05 1 46
Letter Word
Identification
53.87 10.99 26 72
Word Attack 20.77 6.70 7 30
Passage
Comprehension
27.60 5.35 16 37
WCPM 103.15 29.94 32.41 163.82
Pauses
 Words 121 ms 162 ms 0 ms 754 ms
 Adj. Commas 157 ms 169 ms 0 ms 799 ms
 Phrase Commas 314 ms 234 ms 0 ms 1136 ms
 Sentences 633 ms 219 ms 287 ms 1194 ms
 Quotatives 747 ms 250 ms 287 ms 1291 ms
Intrusions
 Words .519 .480 0 2.25
 Sentences 1.39 .950 0 4.5
Pitch Changes
 Declarative −35.38 Hz 62.12 Hz −250.64 Hz 147.40 Hz
 Wh- Questions 15.76 Hz 35.21 Hz −127.05 Hz 111.87 Hz
 Yes/No Questions 17.26 Hz 37.09 Hz −106.39 Hz 91.91 Hz
 Pitch Variation 182.91 Hz 78.42 Hz 24.25 Hz 394.44 Hz