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. 2015 Aug 13;65(3):178–198. doi: 10.1007/s11881-015-0106-y

Table 3.

Posterior means (PM) and standard deviations (PSD) adjusted for age and literacy performance and Bayes factors (BF) and posterior model probabilities (PMP) of the three models for the cognitive risk and protective factors of the gifted/dyslexic and dyslexic children

Skill/component Dyslexia
(n = 33)
Gifted + dyslexia
(n = 26)
Model 0
D, μGD)
Model 1 Model 2
D = μGD)
PM PSD PM PSD BF PMP BF PMP BF PMP
Risk factors D > μGD)a
 Multivariate 1.00 .84 0.00 .00 0.19 .16
 Univariate
  Phoneme deletion 11.32 1.34 17.51 1.68 1.00 .98 0.00 .00 0.02 .02
  Phoneme transposition 1.90 0.07 3.08 0.09 1.00 .96 0.00 .00 0.03 .03
  RAN alphanumeric 33.71 1.09 32.84 1.38 1.00 .28 0.58 .16 2.00 .56
  RAN non-alphanumeric 55.68 3.01 53.33 3.72 1.00 .35 0.36 .12 1.53 .53
  VSTM 22.63 0.62 25.98 0.77 1.00 .94 0.01 .01 0.05 .05
Protective factors D < μGD)
 Multivariate 1.00 .06 16.1 .94 0.03 0.00
 Univariate
  Verbal WM 10.40 0.47 12.76 0.58 1.00 .32 1.98 .63 0.17 .06
  Visuospatial STM 21.34 0.61 26.10 0.77 1.00 .33 2.00 .67 0.00 .00
  Visuospatial WM 14.93 0.64 19.99 0.81 1.00 .33 2.00 .67 0.00 .00
  Grammar 26.32 0.83 27.50 1.04 1.00 .24 1.62 .39 1.52 .37
  Vocabulary 13.50 0.67 17.70 0.84 1.00 .33 2.00 .66 0.01 .00

Italicized values indicate BFs of models that received most support from the data

aμ1 < μ2 for both RAN variables, because higher numbers indicate slower performance