Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of the Grade 3 sample (N = 96).
| Measure | M | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Age in months | 105.23 | 5.46 |
| Reading comprehension (mean T-score) | 51.67 | 9.69 |
| Number of correctly spelled graphemes (T-score) | 52.32 | 10.41 |
| Alphabetic spelling strategy (T-score) | 52.22 | 8.79 |
| Orthographic spelling strategy (T-score) | 53.48 | 10.26 |
| Morphological spelling strategy (T-score) | 53.15 | 8.84 |
| Phonological awareness (mean weighted z-score) | 0.03 | 0.49 |
| Pitch perception (raw score, max. = 8) | 5.71 | 2.24 |
| Contour perception (raw score, max. = 8) | 6.61 | 1.28 |
| Tempo perception (raw score, max. = 5) | 2.38 | 1.52 |
| Rhythm perception (raw score, max. = 12) | 9.36 | 1.91 |
| Rhythm reproduction (response to each item categorized on a scale from 0 to 4; max. = 40) | 27.20 | 7.78 |