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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2013 Oct 14;50(3):815–828. doi: 10.1037/a0034322

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations for narrative structure and language outcome measures by elicitation format for TD and PL children

Cartoon Audio Audio Visual Audio Visual +
Gesture
Average

Comprehension
questions
TD 2.03 (.76) 2.48 (.70) 2.53 (.61) 2.45 (.72) 2.43 (.71)
PL 2.03 (.86) 2.24 (.82) 2 (.89) 2.18 (.81) 2.11 (.84)

Narrative
structure score
TD 3.65 (1.74) 3.56 (1.86) 3.70 (1.88) 4.31 (1.74) 3.81 (1.83)
PL 2.58 (1.63) 3.00 (1.83) 2.89 (1.91) 3.56 (1.85) 3.00 (1.82)

Clauses TD 7.15 (3.57) 6.80 (3.69) 7.14 (3.68) 7.12 (3.59) 7.05 (3.63)
PL 5.19 (2.85) 4.82 (2.58) 5.37 (2.92) 5.24 (2.81) 5.16 (2.77)

Word types TD 26.79 (9.12) 28.45 (10.51) 30.50 (11.59) 29.74 (10.47) 28.87 (10.52)
PL 19.81 (6.53) 21.15 (9.25) 22.77 (10.32) 23.21 (9.64) 21.71 (9.03)