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. 2013 Oct 1;4:679. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00679

Table 4.

Overview of the estimation strategies used (in percentages) by the child with dyscalculia and the control group (including range of percentages) in the symbolic 0–100 and 0–1000 number line tasks including p-values and effect sizes.

Strategy Child with dyscalculia Control groupa Test results
0–100 0–1000 0–100 0–1000 0–100 0–1000
% % % % p-value zcc p-value zcc
Counting-up 24.2 3.0 22.4 (15.2–33.3)b 24.8 (12.1–36.4)b .397 0.28 .016 −2.67
Midpoint 30.3 67.0 36.4 (21.2–42.4)b 31.5 (15.2–45.5)b .193 −0.96 .002 3.87
Counting-down 15.2 9.1 25.1 (12.1–33.3)b 23.9 (12.1–39.4)b .097 −1.48 .053 −1.88
Undefined 30.3 21.2 18.8 (6.1–42.3)b 19.1 (3.0–36.4)b .193 0.59 .421 0.21
Dysfunctional 26.1 42.3 8.8 (0.0–19.4)b 11.1 (4.0–21.9)b .010 2.97 .007 3.16
a

n = 10, numbers represent the mean percentage of the 10 control children.

b

Range of the percentages of the 10 control children, see appendix for individual results of the control children. Zcc, obvious direct analog of Cohen's d, subscript representing “case-controls.”