Table IV.
Participant characteristics
| Mean (SE) | t‐test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical readers | Poor readers | |||
| Age, mean (years) | 23.75 (0.7) | 23.9 (1.6) | 0.87 | |
| Test of variables of attention: commissions | 105.7 (2.8) | 104.0 (3.8) | 0.36 | |
| Test of variables of attention: omissions | 98.6 (4.1) | 95.3 (5.0) | 0.53 | |
| Comprehensive test of non‐verbal intelligence (std) | 111.2 (2.5) | 100.6 (3.3) | 2.60* | |
| Reading‐related skills | ||||
| Letter‐word identification (std) | LWID | 104.3 (1.5) | 80.7 (5.1) | 3.76‡ |
| Word attack (std) | WA | 102.8 (2.2) | 79.2 (2.5) | 6.72‡ |
| Phoneme awareness composite (std) | PA | 104.3 (1.5) | 80.7 (5.1) | 3.70‡ |
| Alternate phoneme awareness composite (std) | APA | 111.9 (0.9) | 87.7 (3.5) | 4.55‡ |
| Rapid naming composite (std) | RNC | 105.4 (4.5) | 77.5 (5.1) | 4.10‡ |
| Gray oral reading test: fluency (std) | 14.9 (0.2) | 6.0 (0.7) | 7.29‡ | |
| Spelling (std) | 112.4 (1.8) | 68.7 (5.3) | 5.50‡ | |
*
P < 0.05;
‡
P < 0.001.