. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2015 Sep 1;17:25–39. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.05.005

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics

	Diagnostic Group				Differences within dyads	Group differences

	HFA		COM		Differences within dyads	Group differences
	Mean (SD)	Range	Mean (SD)	Range	t value	F value
Gender	34 M, 5 F	-	34 M, 5 F	-	-	-
Age, years	13.85 (2.80)	9.58-18.25	14.14 (2.36)	9.58-17.75	−.77	.25
Verbal IQ	103.31 (15.42)	77-136	107.74 (11.61)	81-136	−1.94^†	2.06
ADOS	11.79 (3.88)	3-21	2.66 (3.64)	0-15	9.89^***	113.17^***
SCQ	20.05 (5.69)	7-33	5.54 (3.63)	0-20	12.51^***	180.26^***
ASSQ	27.23 (7.05)	12-42	4.77 (4.45)	0-23	17.16^***	283.02^***

Note. HFA = high functioning autism, COM = comparison without autism, ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, SCQ = Social Communication Questionnaire, ASSQ = Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire. Differences within dyads refer to paired-samples analyses used to determine whether differences existed between groups within dyads.

^†

p < .10.

* p < .05.

^***

p < .001.