Table 3.
Group characteristics as outlined by standardized measures of phonological processing, reading, and spelling
TYPMUS | DYSMUS | DYSNonMUS | F (max df = 2,49) | ||
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Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
Group Characteristics | |||||
WRIT | Verbal IQ | 117.78 ± 11.78 | 110.11 ± 8.17 | 107.19 ± 12.07 | 5.08*a |
Nonverbal IQ | 114.89 ± 7.23 | 113.45 ± 5.34 | 111.34 ± 6.54 | 1.19 | |
Sight Word | |||||
TOWRE | Efficiency | 105.94 ± 8.44 | 87.42 ± 7.60 | 80.43 ± 6.62 | 50.23*b |
Phonemic | |||||
Decoding | 114.35 ± 6.78 | 87.52 ± 6.04 | 84.12 ± 8.81 | 89.30***c | |
WRAT | Reading | 113.88 ± 6.41 | 99.36 ± 7.19 | 95 ± 7.28 | 33.76***c |
Spelling | 113.47 ± 6.34 | 97 ± 7.13 | 97.18 ± 6.75 | 33.56***c | |
Digit Memory | 109.82 ± 14.24 | 89.47 ± 10.25 | 85.68 ± 11.93 | 19.21***c | |
CTOPP | Elision | 107.06 ± 3.98 | 91.06 ± 12.98 | 87.18 ± 16.12 | 12.75***c |
Blending | 115.59 ± 8.27 | 102.22 ± 13.97 | 95 ± 13.67 | 12.08***c | |
Phonological | |||||
Awareness | |||||
Composite | 113.59 ± 6.01 | 95.83 ± 12.78 | 90.125 ± 12.47 | 21.15***c | |
Rapid Digit | |||||
Naming | 110.29 ± 7.39 | 96.44 ± 13.82 | 87.81 ± 11.69 | 16.60***c | |
Rapid Letter | |||||
Naming | 106.76 ± 11.45 | 87.72 ± 10.69 | 83.87 ± 11.84 | 19.75***c | |
Rapid Naming | |||||
Composite | 110.24 ± 10.18 | 90.5 ± 13.81 | 82.94 ± 13.58 | 20.76***c |
p < 0.05
p < 0.01
p < 0.001
Games-Howell post-hoc tests on one-way ANOVA by group found that TYPMUS performed significantly better than DYSNonMUS; DYSMUS and DYSNonMUS did not significantly differ
Games-Howell post-hoc tests on one-way ANOVA by group found that TYPMUS performed significantly better than DYSMUS, who are in turn better than DYSNonMUS
Games-Howell post-hoc tests on one-way ANOVA by group found that TYPMUS performed significantly better than DYSMUS and DYSNonMUS; DYSMUS and DYSNonMUS did not significantly differ