Table 2.

Sample Demographic Characteristics

	ASD (n = 103)				TD (n = 95)
	n	%			n	%	Χ 2 e	P
Male	92	89.3%			84	88.4%	0.04	0.841
Race							0.51	0.774
Caucasian	91	88.3%			86	90.5%
African American	4	3.9%			4	4.2%
Asian	8	7.8%			5	5.3%
	Range	M	SD		Range	M	SD	F
Age	18–55	24.28	6.17		18–59	24.17	6.21	0.02
WRAT‐3a	49‐123	105.64	12.81		77–121	107.64	10.01	1.48
WASI Full‐Scale IQb , c	75–132	108.90	14.46		84–135	116.28	9.82	10.01d
WASI Verbal IQ T Scoreb , c	22–76	53.70	12.29		40–72	59.89	7.22	10.26d
WASI Nonverbal IQ T Scoreb , c	33–70	56.09	7.76		40–67	58.53	6.15	3.60

^aWRAT‐3 = Wide range achievement test—third edition.

^bWASI = Wechsler abbreviated scale for intelligence.

^cWASI scores were available from a subsample of the data (ASD n = 101; TD n = 47).

^d P < 0.05.

^eChi square degrees of freedom for gender was 1, and 2 for race.