Appendix Table A1.
Correlation and Covariances Among the Variables in the Structural Equation Modeling
| Speaks clearly | Encourages talking | Engaged | Friendly | Sincere | Animated | Expressive | Race (African American) | Gender (female) | Appropriate outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaks clearly | 1 | 0.35a | 0.35a | 0.29a | 0.24a | 0.22a | 0.46a | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.08 |
| Encourages talking | 0.48a | 1 | 0.55a | 0.52a | 0.53a | 0.43a | 0.46a | 0 | 0.03 | 0.10 |
| Engaged | 0.43a | 0.69a | 1 | 0.51a | 0.46a | 0.50a | 0.53a | −0.07 | −0.08 | 0.10 |
| Friendly | 0.38a | 0.70a | 0.62a | 1 | 0.40a | 0.50a | 0.47a | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Sincere | 0.33a | 0.73a | 0.58a | 0.54a | 1 | 0.41a | 0.35a | 0.03 | −0.09 | 0.12 |
| Animated | 0.33a | 0.65a | 0.68a | 0.73a | 0.63a | 1 | 0.55a | −0.09 | −0.11 | 0.08 |
| Expressive | 0.59a | 0.59a | 0.61a | 0.59a | 0.45a | 0.78a | 1 | −0.11 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Race (African American) | 0.01 | 0 | −0.08 | 0.01 | 0.04 | −0.12 | −0.13 | 1 | 0.04 | −0.03 |
| Gender (female) | 0.03 | 0.03 | −0.08 | 0.06 | −0.11 | −0.14 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 1 | −0.17b |
| Appropriate outcome | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.12 | −0.03 | −0.17b | 1 |
| Mean (or %) | 4.23 | 4.02 | 4.39 | 4.24 | 5.28 | 3.90 | 4.27 | 49.32% | 50.58% | 38.42% |
| SD | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.29 | 1.10 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.44 |
Correlations are above the diagonal and covariances below the diagonal.
p < 0.001.
p < 0.05.
SD, standard deviation.