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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Read Writ. 2017 Feb 6;30(6):1287–1310. doi: 10.1007/s11145-017-9724-6

Table 4. Estimated percent variance explained in CBM indicators of narrative and expository writing tasks.

Variance Component Number of Words Correct Word Sequences Incorrect Word Sequences Incorrect Words

Narrative Expository Narrative Expository Narrative Expository Narrative Expository
Person 61 57 69 63 59 56 57 51
Rater 0 0 0 0 .2 .3 0 0
Task .3 2 0 3 1 .3 2 1.4
Person × Rater 0 0 0 .1 0 .4 0 .3
Person × Task 38 41 31 34 37 41 38 45
Rater × Task 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Residual 0 0 .5 .5 2.2 2.3 3 2.5
G coefficient
 Relative (G) .83 .81 .87 .85 .82 .80 .81 .77
 Absolute (Phi) .83 .80 .87 .84 .82 .80 .81 .76

Note: Relative = Relative decision; Absolute = Absolute decision