Table 3.
Mean percentage of errors self-corrected per participant within the matched older and younger groups (for errors that occurred at least 20 times in each participant group). Error bars show bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals for means (estimated using 1,000 re-samplings of the participant means with replacement).
| Error Type | Proportion Corrected | |
|---|---|---|
| Older Adult | Younger Adult | |
| Swap | 29% (19%, 41%) | 36% (21%, 51%) |
| Omission | 57% (46%, 68%) | 61% (49%, 72%) |
| Nonword | 36% (14%, 64%) | 35% (14%, 60%) |
| Inflection | 21% (3%, 40%) | 20% (0%, 45%) |
| Function-> Function Word Substitution | 25% (17%, 32%) | 41% (32%, 51%) |
| Content-> Content Word Substitution | 29% (18%, 40%) | 33% (17%, 52%) |