Table 5.
Effects of the Three Between-Level Predictors.
| ECI weighted total rate |
Gestures rate |
Vocalizations rate |
Single-words rate |
Multiple-words rate |
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| Parameter | Est | SE | p | Est | SE | p | Est | SE | p | Est | SE | p | Est | SE | p |
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| 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.