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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Read Writ. 2011 Jun 25;25(7):1499–1521. doi: 10.1007/s11145-011-9330-y

Table 9.

Standardized Betas for the hierarchical regression equation predicting overall writing quality at age 9

Variable Beta T
1. Age in months at 8 years .05 .82
2. Age 8: dictation .27 3.33**
3. Age 9: vocabulary definitions .04 .54
4. Age 6: phonological awareness .07 1.00
5. Gender .22 3.36**
6. Age 7: visual matching .05 .70
7. Age 6: cross out .19 2.48*
8. Age 9: handwriting fluency - Chinese number −.02 −.24
9. Age 9: handwriting fluency - Chinese sentence .19 2.34*
10. Age 6: speeded naming −.12 −1.48
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01