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Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2016 Feb 18;9(12):1274–1284. doi: 10.1002/aur.1608

Table 3.

Hierarchical regression results for lower language ability group

Variable	B	SE B	β	R² or Δ R²
Predicting Play
Step 1				.50^***
T2 Nonverbal	.09	.04	.33^*
T2 Age	−.14	.24	−.08
T1 Play	1.33	.41	.49^**
Step 2				.02
T1 EF	5.20	4.94	.15

Predicting EF
Step 1				.34^**
T2 Nonverbal	.003	.001	.44^**
T2 Age	.01	.007	.30
T1 EF	.19	.15	.20
Step 2				.01
T1 Play	.008	.01	.11

≤ .05,

^**

≤ .01,

^***

≤ .001