Table 2.
Bivariate correlations among the individual-difference and comprehension measures.
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. | 21. | 22. | 23. | 24. | 25. | 26. | 27. | 28. | 29. | 30. | 31. | |
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1. Orthographic Decision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. Phonological Decision | .52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. Non-word Naming | .26 | .20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. Phoneme Transposition | −.19 | −.23 | −.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5. Reading Span | .05 | −.07 | −.12 | .17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6. Alphabet Span | −.14 | −.11 | −.09 | .14 | .45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7. Minus Span | −.12 | −.10 | .00 | .23 | .41 | .27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8. Visual Number Span | −.03 | .10 | −.02 | .13 | .21 | .23 | .33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9. Go-No-Go | −.17 | −.09 | −.15 | .07 | −.11 | −.06 | .12 | −.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Stroop Interference | .05 | .13 | .12 | −.09 | .01 | .02 | .00 | −.03 | −.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Author Recognition Test | −.18 | −.22 | −.08 | .31 | .12 | .25 | .08 | .02 | −.06 | .00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12. Reading Questionnaire | .09 | .03 | −.00 | .20 | .13 | −.00 | .04 | .04 | −.02 | .07 | .35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
13. Cultural Intelligence | −.17 | −.32 | −.21 | .28 | .26 | .28 | .16 | −.03 | .04 | −.10 | .51 | .36 | |||||||||||||||||||
14. Scientist Recognition Test | −.10 | −.18 | −.07 | .10 | .15 | .20 | .10 | −.01 | −.03 | −.08 | .36 | .17 | .48 | ||||||||||||||||||
15. Extended Range Vocabulary | −.14 | −.25 | −.16 | .26 | .29 | .31 | .14 | −.01 | −.05 | −.06 | .58 | .26 | .64 | .43 | |||||||||||||||||
16. Advanced Vocabulary | −.09 | −.20 | −.13 | .22 | .19 | .25 | .05 | −.01 | −.05 | −.15 | .46 | .28 | .57 | .36 | .67 | ||||||||||||||||
17. Nelson-Denny Vocabulary | −.22 | −.33 | −.21 | .35 | .27 | .32 | .13 | −.08 | −.06 | −.15 | .58 | .37 | .71 | .37 | .73 | .61 | |||||||||||||||
18. Raven’s Progressive Matrices | −.05 | .07 | .01 | .19 | .24 | .32 | .33 | .31 | −.08 | .04 | .14 | −.02 | .12 | .14 | .22 | .14 | .18 | ||||||||||||||
19. Arithmetic Aptitude Test | −.16 | −.06 | −.11 | .21 | .28 | .31 | .26 | .22 | −.02 | −.11 | .13 | −.10 | .27 | .19 | .29 | .24 | .29 | .29 | |||||||||||||
20. Mathematic Aptitude Test | −.11 | −.06 | −.09 | .21 | .22 | .26 | .29 | .16 | .03 | −.02 | .16 | −.02 | .39 | .21 | .35 | .26 | .32 | .28 | .71 | ||||||||||||
21. Necessary Arithmetic Operations | −.05 | −.09 | −.11 | .25 | .31 | .33 | .32 | .11 | −.02 | −.08 | .24 | .03 | .37 | .17 | .37 | .28 | .42 | .29 | .63 | .61 | |||||||||||
22. Letter Comparison | −.16 | −.13 | −.10 | .13 | .10 | .12 | .09 | .06 | .01 | −.05 | .14 | .12 | .14 | .02 | .17 | .14 | .10 | .00 | .21 | .19 | .21 | ||||||||||
23. Finding As | −.19 | −.13 | −.06 | .17 | .05 | .08 | .13 | .11 | .00 | −.17 | .16 | .11 | .13 | .00 | .12 | .06 | .17 | .03 | .13 | .15 | .18 | .33 | |||||||||
24. Number Comparison | −.26 | −.05 | −.14 | .07 | .01 | .04 | .15 | .16 | .04 | −.11 | .03 | −.08 | −.05 | −.05 | −.12 | −.04 | −.05 | .04 | .25 | .21 | .17 | .23 | .38 | ||||||||
25. Pattern Comparison | −.15 | −.07 | −.05 | .06 | .12 | .04 | .08 | .03 | −.04 | −.04 | .15 | −.06 | .12 | .14 | .18 | .12 | .15 | .06 | .03 | .09 | .11 | .00 | .11 | .04 | |||||||
26. Identical Pictures | −.16 | −.15 | −.06 | .06 | .08 | .13 | .10 | .17 | .08 | .02 | .15 | .04 | .22 | .05 | .17 | .14 | .26 | .12 | .17 | .20 | .22 | .18 | .26 | .20 | .08 | ||||||
27. Word Beginnings | −.24 | −.31 | −.11 | .22 | .18 | .31 | .20 | .11 | −.05 | .16 | .24 | .06 | .33 | .18 | .36 | .32 | .42 | .08 | .25 | .26 | .24 | .17 | .27 | .12 | .17 | .19 | |||||
28. Word Endings | −.24 | −.30 | .00 | .09 | .15 | .33 | .15 | .09 | −.08 | −.02 | .23 | −.04 | .23 | .13 | .28 | .24 | .29 | .16 | .16 | .20 | .27 | .11 | .18 | .14 | .12 | .20 | .48 | ||||
29. Word Beginnings & Endings | −.25 | −.29 | −.13 | .18 | .19 | .28 | .14 | .09 | −.04 | −.03 | .26 | −.06 | .29 | .21 | .37 | .28 | .39 | .15 | .24 | .22 | .22 | .01 | .16 | .12 | .18 | .16 | .44 | .44 | |||
30. Nelson-Denny Comprehension | −.30 | −.34 | −.19 | .29 | .17 | .16 | .18 | −.03 | .04 | −.22 | .36 | .13 | .49 | .22 | .36 | .38 | .55 | .24 | .27 | .31 | .38 | .18 | .18 | .24 | .08 | .16 | .26 | .20 | .21 | ||
31. Investigator-Generated Comprehension | −.06 | −.22 | −.11 | .26 | .35 | .34 | .27 | −.04 | −.05 | −.04 | .37 | .21 | .50 | .31 | .59 | .47 | .57 | .27 | .29 | .35 | .36 | .10 | .12 | −.03 | .08 | .13 | .29 | .19 | .25 | .48 |
Note: Significant correlations (p < 0.05) are shown in bold.