Table 8.

Summary of Multiple Regression Analyses Predicting CELF Core Language Composite, Ordered by Group.

Group	Predictor Variable	B	SE B	β	t	p	Model R2
TD (n = 31)	Short-term phonological memory1	.522	.517	.155	1.009	.32
	Verbal memory2	−.074	.128	−.082	−0.58	.57
	ADOS total score	−1.77	.792	−.349	−2.23	0.04
	PPVT**	.357	.107	.492	3.35	0.003	.571***
HFA (n = 35)	Short-term phonological memory	−.151	.647	−.029	−.234	.817
	Verbal memory‡	.251	.128	.237	1.96	.060
	ADOS total score	.158	.456	.047	.346	.732
	PPVT***	.649	.112	.740	5.77	.000	.626***
OO (n = 28)	Short-term phonological memory**	2.650	.769	.461	3.448	.002
	Verbal memory*	.362	.174	.292	2.086	.048
	ADOS total score	−.198	.697	−.040	−.285	.778
	PPVT**	.330	.118	.384	2.804	.010	.613***

^‡p < .10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01

¹CTOPP nonword repetition

²CVLT Trials 1–5