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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2008 Jun 25;101(3):186–205. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.04.008

Table 4.

Percentage of Imitation Precision

Type of imitation	Group		Mann-Whitney U	Effect size
	HFA (n=17)	TYP (n=13)
Meaningful actions on objects	93.46 (8.15)	98.71 (2.43)	60.00^*	d = 0.87
Non-meaningful gestures	81.37 (13.05)	95.29 (6.93)	45.50^**	d =1.33

Note. HFA= high-functioning autism, TYP= typically-developing

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.