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. 2014 Feb 13;5:102. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00102

Table 5.

Descriptive data and comparison between control groups and G.A. in the Simple calculation, Simple word problems, and Verbal-Arabic transcoding tasks (df = 1).

Domain assessed Task (total of items) Controls (n = 17) G.A. X2 p
Mean SD
Simple calculation BASIC ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS
Simple addition (12) 11.71 0.69 6 4.78 0.03
Complex addition (15) 10.12 3.06 5 2.26 0.13
Simple subtraction (12) 10.41 2.15 8 0.46 0.50
Complex subtraction (15) 5.18 3.21 2 0.87 0.35
Simple multiplication (15) 9.71 4.58 5 1.84 0.18
Complex multiplication (13) 2.35 2.12 0 0.85 0.36
Simple word problems Math word problems (12) 10.82 1.19 4 5.98 0.01
Verbal-Arabic transcoding Arabic number writing task (40) 38.65 2.78 26 10.94 <0.001
Arabic number reading task (28) 27.59 0.87 16 11.61 <0.001