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. 2016 Oct 25;7:1666. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01666

Table 2.

Reliability and validity analyses for Malawi and UK samples.

Task Correlations (r)
Malawi UK
Split-half reliability Test-retest reliability Age Predictive criterion validitya Split-half reliability Age Predictive criterion validitya Criterion validity
Block design Symbol search
Manual processing speed 0.50** 0.35** −0.29** −0.23** 0.53** −0.35** −0.18 0.03 −0.25*
Manual coordination 0.93** 0.16** −0.16* −0.04 0.88** −0.10 0.03 0.05 0.07
Short-term memory 0.34** 0.13 0.21** 0.10 0.23* 0.17 0.37**
Visual attention 0.40** 0.42** −0.34** −0.34** 0.44** −0.25* −0.16 −0.11 −0.16
Working memory 0.05 0.07 −0.06 0.04 0.29* 0.24* 0.36**
Spatial intelligence 0.12 0.13 0.20** 0.08 0.31** 0.33* 0.15
Mathematics 0.73** 0.39** 0.30*
(n = 77)
**

p < 0.001,

*

p < 0.05.

a

Predictive criterion validity: correlation coefficients for each of core cognitive and motor tasks and Mathematics. A reduced sample size of 77 pupils was used for the Malawi test-retest reliability of the Mathematics task.