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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Gen. 2013 Nov 11;143(3):1026–1048. doi: 10.1037/a0034847

Table 6.

Standardized relations of demographic predictors at T1 with level and change in cognitive abilities, and effect sizes (based on unstandardized coefficients)

Level d Change d
Y
18–39
M
40–64
O
65–99
Y-M M-O Y-O Y
18–39
M
40–64
O
65–99
Y-M M-O Y-O
Age
Memory −.31* −.17* −.47* .15^ .31^ .10^ −.38 −.13 −.18* .04 .06 .01
Speed −.29* −.33* −.49* .03 .18^ .20^ −.50* −.15 −.19* .10^ .04 .07
Vocabulary −.11* .13* −.11* .30^ .30^ .00 −.54* −.24* −.10 .07 .09 .07
Sex (M=0, F=1)
Memory .10* .22* .26* .12^ .03 .15^ −.27 .15 .17* .10^ .04 .13^
Speed .06 .15* .07 .09^ .08 .02 .08 .13 .02 .01 .03 .01
Vocabulary −.13* .00 .03 .13^ .03 .17^ −.06 −.04 .11 .00 .05 .05
Education
Memory .44* .44* .15* .06 .26^ .31^ .55* .02 .08 .13^ .04 .08
Speed .41* .35* .15* .07 .19^ .25^ .05 .03 .00 .01 .01 .02
Vocabulary .58* .57* .45* .01 .24^ .23^ −.06 −.16 −.19 .02 .05 .06

Note:

*

p<.01. Estimates of effect sizes (d) of the group difference are derived from the standard errors of the unstandardized coefficients.

^

indicates that the difference in raw regression coefficients was significant at p<.01.