Table 1.
Summary of Multiple Linear Regressions Analyses for Variables Predicting Children’s Performance.
| 4 years of age (n = 160) |
5 years of age (n = 156) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β |
| Constant | 9.45 | 0.87 | – | 7.88 | 0.97 | – |
| Dummy coding of the African American group | -2.92 | 0.73 | -0.35*** | -4.36 | 0.79 | -0.46*** |
| Dummy coding of the Dominican group | -3.32 | 0.70 | -0.41*** | -3.21 | 0.78 | -0.37*** |
| Dummy coding of the Mexican group | -2.51 | 0.73 | -0.30*** | -1.74 | 0.94 | -0.19† |
| Mother building test-specific items | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.17*** | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Mother building free-form items | -0.00 | 0.01 | -0.05* | -0.00 | 0.01 | -0.05 |
| Verbal Instructions | -0.11 | 0.07 | -0.13 | -0.11 | 0.06 | -0.17† |
| Initiation | -0.36 | 0.25 | -0.11 | -0.12 | 0.25 | -0.04 |
| R2 | 0.26 | 0.24 | ||||
| F | 7.76*** | 6.76*** | ||||
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗∗p < 0.001; †p < 0.10.