TABLE 4-1.

Summary of hierarchical multiple regressions that tested the predictive power of various component skill measures for Chinese word reading.

		Chinese word reading (ΔR2)
Step	Predictors	Beginner	Intermediate
Controlling for variation in age and non-verbal IQ
1	Age	0.388***	0.081**
2	IQ	0.068***	0.125***
3	RAN-D	0.068**	0.101**
3	RAN-O	0.006	0.114***
3	RAN-C	0.012	0.054*
3	PA	0.074***	0.029
3	Forward digit span	0.012	0.037*
3	Backward digit span	0.019	0.029
3	Stroop	0.022	0.002
3	Chinese component search	0.000	0.017
3	Writing	0.018	0.021

Asterisk(s) indicates significance levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001.