Table 5.
Correlations among latent variables and with letter writing automaticity observed variable
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. W Substantive quality | --- | ||||||
| 2. W Productivity | .65 | --- | |||||
| 3. W Syntactic complexity | −.05 | .13 | --- | ||||
| 4. W Spelling and writing conventions | .65 | .37 | .12 | --- | |||
| 5. Language | .50 | .21 | .02 | .40 | --- | ||
| 6. Reading | .51 | .44 | .13 | .69 | .58 | --- | |
| 7. Spelling | .44 | .34 | .15 | .78 | .56 | .79 | --- |
| 8. Letter writing automaticity | .36 | .34 | .06 | .39 | .37 | .38 | .38 |
Note: Coefficients equal to or greater than .12 are statistically significant at .05 level.
W = Written composition