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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 4.

Hierarchical regression results for higher language ability group

Variable	B	SE B	β	R² or Δ R²
Predicting Play
Step 1				.37^*
T2 Nonverbal	.13	.05	.43^*
T2 Age	.14	.33	.07
T1 Play	.92	.52	.31
Step 2				.11^*
T1 EF	23.7	11.4	.34^*

Predicting EF
Step 1				.09
T2 Nonverbal	.002	.001	.24
T2 Age	.002	.008	.04
T1 EF	.22	.29	.15
Step 2				.05
T1 Play	.02	.01	.25

≤ .05,

^**

< .01,

^***

< .001