Table 4.
Correlations (Spearman’s rho) among the Present Study’s Dependent Measures (i.e., latency to the sixth spontaneous comment [SC], stuttered, non-stuttered disfluencies, and mean length of utterance [MLU]) for both preschool-age CWS (N=26) and CWNS (N=28).
| CWS (N=26) | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1.Latency to the 6th SC | - | .490* | −.067 | −.274 |
| 2.Percentage of stuttered disfluencies | .490* | - | −.273 | −.438* |
| 3.Percentage of non-stuttered disfluencies | −.067 | −.273 | - | .212 |
| 4.Overall MLU | −.274 | −.438* | .212 | - |
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| CWNS (N=28) | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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| 1.Latency to the 6th SC | - | −.179 | −.154 | −.145 |
| 2.Percentage of stuttered disfluencies | −.179 | - | .229 | −.461* |
| 3.Percentage of non-stuttered disfluencies | −.154 | .229 | - | .050 |
| 4.Overall MLU | −.145 | −.461* | .050 | - |
=significant at 0.05 level of confidence.