Table 4.
The results of the discriminant analysis that included measures from the Short Sensory Profile and the Test of Everyday Attention for Children to predict each participant’s group membership.
| Variables | Structure matrix | Standardized canonical | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Function 1 | Function 2 | Function 1 | Function 2 | |
| Auditory filtering | 0.691* | 0.213 | 0.740 | 0.264 |
| Under-responsive/seeks sensation | 0.560* | −0.308 | 0.383 | −0.136 |
| Low energy/weak | 0.439* | −0.364 | 0.522 | −0.065 |
| Taste/smell sensitivity | 0.315* | −0.101 | −0.329 | 0.537 |
| Control attention | 0.217 | 0.631* | −0.076 | −0.712 |
| Tactile sensitivity | 0.449 | −0.536* | 0.725 | −0.907 |
| Movement sensitivity | 0.195 | −0.458* | −0.397 | 0.082 |
| Visual auditory sensitivity | 0.295 | −0.347* | −0.633 | −0.072 |
| Sustained attention | 0.299 | 0.301* | 0.248 | −0.037 |
Pooled within-groups correlations between discriminating variables and standardized canonical discriminant functions reported in the structure matrix. *Largest absolute correlation between each variable and any discriminant function; variables ordered by the absolute size of correlation within a function within the structure matrix.