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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2014 Jul 7;107(1):79–95. doi: 10.1037/a0037210

Table 3.

Correlations among writing variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1.WIAT TDTO 1
2. WIAT Q Ideas .48 1
3. Narrative Q Ideas .45 .48 1
4. Pet Q Ideas .38 .44 .34 1
5. WIAT Q Org .57 .42 .40 .33 1
6. Narrative Q Org .43 .37 .66 .29 .43 1
7. Pet Q Org .38 .35 .40 .46 .43 .43 1
8. WJ-III Writing Fluency .46 .45 .42 .28 .48 .47 .39 1
9. WIAT CIWS .55 .52 .42 .40 .47 .43 .42 .53 1
10. Narrative CIWS .46 .42 .48 .37 .40 .49 .45 .48 .73 1
11. Pet CIWS .45 .42 .41 .53 .44 .42 .44 .44 .73 .69 1
12. WIAT # of words .47 .66 .40 .43 .26 .23 .23 .35 .50 .30 .39 1
13. Narrative # of words .44 .55 .58 .38 .22 .36 .27 .39 .42 .41 .40 .72 1
14. Pet # of words .36 .44 .31 .63 .20 .19 .27 .23 .33 .25 .50 .66 .63 1
15. WIAT # of ideas .37 .58 .36 .32 .17 .18 .15 .27 .38 .22 .28 .89 .68 .58 1
16. Narrative # of ideas .42 .54 .57 .34 .22 .37 .27 .38 .41 .39 .38 .68 .94 .57 .65 1
17. Pet # of ideas .35 .43 .35 .62 .23 .23 .32 .26 .34 .27 .50 .59 .58 .92 .54 .55 1
18, WIAT %CWS .44 .29 .33 .28 .41 .37 .42 .46 .85 .66 .61 .20 .22 .15 .14 .22 .19 1
19. Narrative %CWS .35 .19 .25 .21 .33 .32 .35 .35 .59 .83 .55 .08ns .08ns .06ns .03ns .09ns .09ns .71 1
20. Pet %CWS .35 .26 .35 .22 .43 .38 .38 .43 .62 .61 .78 .14 .20 .09 .07ns .21 .14 .69 .65 1
21. RAN −.36 −.37 −.40 −.29 −.30 −.32 −.29 −.43 −.40 −.36 −.37 −.41 −.43 −.34 −.31 −.42 −.33 −.35 −.24 −.35

Note. All the other coefficients are statistically significant at .05 level except those with ns.

WIAT = Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Third Edition. TDTO = Theme Development and Text Organization. Q = Quality.

Org = Organization. WJ-III = WJ-III = Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement. Narrative = Narrative prompt; Pet = Pet prompt; CIWS = correct minus incorrect word sequences. CWS = correct word sequences.