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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Early Interv. 2021 Feb 25;44(1):3–22. doi: 10.1177/1053815121995578

Table 5.

Effects of the Three Between-Level Predictors.

ECI weighted total rate
Gestures rate
Vocalizations rate
Single-words rate
Multiple-words rate
Parameter Est SE p Est SE p Est SE p Est SE p Est SE p

Cognitive composite −0.02 0.06 .73 −0.01 0.02 .44 0.02 0.08 .76 −0.01 0.02 .70 −0.02 0.13 .87
Gender (0 = F 1 = M) −6.14 6.79 .37 0.40 0.38 .30 −1.14 1.02 .26 −0.15 0.46 .74 −0.89 2.44 .71
CARS (Severity) −0.39 0.20 .05 −0.09 0.04 .04 −0.15 0.06 .02 −0.06 0.08 .44 −0.01 0.02 .62

Note. ECI = Early Communication Indicator; CARS = Childhood Autism Rating Scale.