Table 2.

Hierarchical regression analyses predicting passage reading comprehension with (A) word flexibility entered before picture flexibility; and (B) with picture flexibility entered before word flexibility.

	Predictors	Δ R2	β
(A)
Step 1	Pseudo-word decoding	0.232***	0.482
Step 2	Word reading	0.063*	0.297
Step 3	Word flexibility	0.110**	0.377
Step 4	Picture flexibility	0.005	-0.094
(B)
Step 1	Pseudo-word decoding	0.232***	0.482
Step 2	Word reading	0.063*	0.297
Step 3	Picture flexibility	0.018	0.144
Step 4	Word flexibility	0.097**	0.436

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.