Table 10.
Measurement-model factor loadings for the model without Language Experience (Model 2) and the reduced model with only Decoding and Reasoning (Model 2-Reduced).
Model | Factor | Variable | Estimate | Standard Error | Loading (z-score) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Decoding | Orthographic Decision | 1.00 | n/a | n/a |
Phonological Decision | 9.50 | 1.44 | 6.58 | ||
Non-word Naming | 1.51 | 0.42 | 3.58 | ||
WMC | Reading Span | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Alphabet Span | 1.54 | 0.20 | 7.61 | ||
Minus Span | 2.49 | 0.36 | 6.94 | ||
Visual Number Span | 0.13 | 0.02 | 5.17 | ||
Reasoning | Raven’s Progressive Matrices | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Arithmetic Aptitude Test | 1.23 | 0.12 | 9.90 | ||
Mathematic Aptitude Test | 0.97 | 0.10 | 9.90 | ||
Necessary Arithmetic Operations | 1.04 | 0.11 | 9.46 | ||
Perceptual | Letter Comparison | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Speed | Finding As | 2.29 | 0.43 | 5.33 | |
Number Comparison | 0.67 | 0.13 | 4.99 | ||
Identical Pictures | 1.12 | 0.26 | 4.29 | ||
Fluency | Word Beginnings | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Word Endings | 0.93 | 0.11 | 8.24 | ||
Word Beginnings & Endings | 0.76 | 0.10 | 7.84 | ||
Comprehension | Investigator-Generated | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Nelson-Denny | 2.02 | 0.30 | 6.75 | ||
2-Reduced | Decoding | Orthographic Decision | 1.00 | n/a | n/a |
Phonological Decision | 9.74 | 1.73 | 5.63 | ||
Non-word Naming | 1.58 | 0.43 | 3.68 | ||
Reasoning | Raven’s Progressive Matrices | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Arithmetic Aptitude Test | 1.28 | 0.12 | 10.30 | ||
Mathematic Aptitude Test | 1.03 | 0.10 | 10.43 | ||
Necessary Arithmetic Operations | 1.07 | 0.11 | 9.81 | ||
Comprehension | Investigator-Generated | 1.00 | n/a | n/a | |
Nelson-Denny | 2.14 | 0.25 | 8.63 |