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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2014 May 9;57:227–243. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.04.016

Table 2a.

Means, SDs, distribution scores and related statistics of socio-demographic measures and Adult Dyslexia Checklist score in subjects with dyslexia and normal readers. Bonferroni-corrected level of significance p = .008 (.05 divided by six comparisons).

Total sample n = 47 DYS+ n = 11 DYS− n = 10 NR+ n = 10 NR− n = 16 ANOVA p-value Test of homogeneity of variance p-value
Sex (males) 26 5 6 5 10   .809 n.a.
Age
Mean (SD) 18.02 (2.24) 17.55 (2.38) 16.40 (.97) 19.10 (1.91) 18.69 (2.38)   .019 .024
Skewness .30 −.04 .81 −.77 .32
Kurtosis −.86 −1.48 .69 1.71 −1.2
Shapiro–Wilk test of normality p-value .021 .448 .015 .528 .040
IQ
Mean (SD) 108.94 (16.14) 104.00 (16.14) 93.80 (5.49) 117.80 (13.46) 116.25 (14.78) <.001 .043
Skewness .54 1.35 −.12 .88 −.06
Kurtosis −.79 .98 −1.09 .44 −1.17
Shapiro–Wilk test of normality p-value .009 .028 .511 .403 .20
Education
Mean (SD) 11.49 (1.68) 10.18 (1.78) 10.80 (1.23) 12.80 (1.55) 12.00 (1.10)   .001 .229
Skewness −.40 .45 .47 −1.61 −1.39
Kurtosis −.65 −.89 −.54 4.54 2.52
Shapiro–Wilk test of normality p-value .004 .184 .389 .008 .004
Socio-economic status
Mean (SD) 63.40 (22.77) 48.18 (24.01) 64.00 (16.47) 61.00 (26.01) 75.00 (17.89)   .029 .667
Skewness −.65 −.16 −.81 −.80 −.56
Kurtosis −.06 .12 1.24 .13 −1.70
Shapiro–Wilk test of normality p-value .001 .337 .045 .294 <.001
Adult Dyslexia Checklist
Mean (SD) 6.49 (5.88) 13.91 (3.99) 9.40 (2.46) 2.50 (2.73) 1.56 (1.86) <.001 .011
Skewness .54 −1.05 .26 .82 1.31
Kurtosis −1.03 −.49 −1.07 −.69 1.05
Shapiro–Wilk test of normality p-value <.001 .003 .502 .101 .004