Table 2.
Mean, standard deviation (SD) and range of vocabulary in Spanish and English.
| Mean (SD) | Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Expressive vocabularya | ||
| 30 months | ||
| Spanish | 301.3 (187.0) | 4–676 |
| English | 292.5 (190.7) | 17–667 |
| S:E Ratiob | 0.1 (1.4) | −3.9–2.5 |
| 36 months | ||
| Spanish | 391.0 (187.2) | 135–679 |
| English | 369.4 (231.5) | 25–673 |
| S:E Ratiob | 0.2 (1.1) | −1.4–3.1 |
| Receptive vocabularyc | ||
| Spanish | 98.8 (9.2) | 87–120 |
| English | 84.9 (23.6) | 47–131 |
| S:E Ratiod | 0.2 (0.3) | −0.2–0.7 |
a
Number of words reported as “comprende y dice” or “understands and says” on the CDI: Inventario II (Spanish, Jackson-Maldonado et al., 2003) and CDI: Words & Sentences (English, Fenson et al., 2007) (30 months: n = 37; 36 months: n = 29).
b
Total words in Spanish divided by total words in English (log-transformed).
c
Standard scores on the TVIP (Spanish, Dunn et al., 1986) and PPVT–III (English, Dunn & Dunn, 1997) (36 months: n = 24).
d
Standard score on the TVIP divided by PPVT–III standard score (log-transformed).