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Table 4 Description and comparison of correct answers in the reading test of Pseudowords 1 and 2 and of the syntactic process tests grammatical structures and punctuation marks

From: Reading processes of public and private middle school and high school students

Group

    

Multiple comparisons

Mean

SD

Median

p -value

p-value

significance

LPS 1 - hits

      

 G 1

21.90

2.42

22.50

0.639

0.025

no

 G 8

22.22

2.02

23.00

 Total

22.06

2.22

23.00

   

 G 2

22.27

2.51

23.00

0.780

0,050

no

 G 9

22.41

1.94

23.00

 Total

22.34

2.24

23.00

   

 G 3

22.40

1.81

23.00

0.050

0.008

no

 G 10

23.10

1.49

24.00

 Total

22.72

1.70

23.00

   

 G 4

22.93

1.54

24.00

0.430

0.013

no

 G 11

22.64

1.74

23.00

 Total

22.79

1.64

23.00

   

 G 5

22.34

2.47

23.00

0.167

0.010

no

 G 12

23.03

1.49

24.00

 Total

22.67

2.07

23.00

   

 G 6

22.40

1.97

23.00

0.038

0.070

no

 G 13

23.25

1.06

23.00

 Total

22.83

1.62

23.00

   

 G 7

23.13

0.93

23.00

0.512

0.017

no

 G 14

23.12

1.43

24.00

 Total

23.13

1.20

23.00

   

LPS 2 - hits

      

 G 1

19.20

4.45

21.00

0.499

0.008

no

 G 8

20.35

3.03

21.00

 Total

19.78

3.81

21.00

   

 G 2

20.60

3.72

22.00

0.956

0.050

no

 G 9

20.93

3.16

22.00

 Total

20.76

3.43

22.00

   

 G 3

21.31

2.43

22.00

0.883

0.025

no

 G 10

21.43

2.41

22.00

 Total

21.36

2.40

22.00

   

 G 4

21.19

2.74

22.00

0.869

0.017

no

 G 11

21.45

2.24

22.00

 Total

21.32

2.49

22.00

   

 G 5

21.09

3.56

23.00

0.333

0.007

no

 G 12

22.30

1.85

23.00

 Total

21.67

2.91

23.00

   

 G 6

22.13

2.25

22.50

0.625

0.013

no

 G 13

22.06

1.84

23.00

 Total

22.09

2.03

23.00

   

 G 7

21.90

2.52

22.50

0.546

0.010

no

 G 14

21.61

2.40

22.00

 Total

21.75

2.44

22.00

   

Grammatical structures

     

 G 1

16.00

3.68

17.00

0.782

0.050

no

 G 8

16.25

2.73

16.00

 Total

16.13

3.21

16.00

   

 G 2

16.87

2.38

17.00

0.467

0.017

no

 G 9

17.58

2.59

17.00

 Total

17.21

2.49

17.00

   

 G 3

17.42

2.35

18.00

0.005*

0.007

yes

 G 10

19.30

2.38

19.00

 Total

18.29

2.52

19.00

   

 G 4

17.38

2.87

17.00

0.013*

0.008

no

 G 11

19.06

2.12

18.00

 Total

18.22

2.64

19.00

   

 G 5

17.15

2.51

17.00

0.032*

0.010

no

 G 12

18.66

2.82

19.00

 Total

17.88

2.75

17.50

   

 G 6

17.96

2.05

18.00

0.057

0.013

no

 G 13

19.19

2.61

19.00

 Total

18.59

2.41

19.00

   

 G 7

18.46

2.64

18.00

0.722

0.025

no

 G 14

18.61

3.15

19.00

 Total

18.54

2.89

18.00

   

Punctuation marks

      

 G 1

29.38

2.13

30.00

0.128

0.013

no

 G 8

28.18

3.20

29.00

 Total

28.85

3.04

30.00

   

 G 2

28.18

3.20

29.00

< 0.001*

0.007

yes

 G 9

29.93

2.64

31.00

 Total

29.03

3.05

30.00

   

 G 3

27.88

3.44

29.00

0.000*

0.008

yes

 G 10

30.46

1.16

31.00

 Total

29.07

2.93

30.00

   

 G 4

28.25

3.28

30.00

< 0.001*

0.010

yes

 G 11

30.67

0.54

31.00

 Total

29.46

2.63

30.50

   

 G 5

29.46

1.77

30.00

0.686

0.050

no

 G 12

29.63

1.62

30.00

 Total

29.54

1.69

30.00

   

 G 6

29.73

2.01

30.50

0.165

0.017

no

 G 13

30.03

2.02

31.00

 Total

29.88

2.00

31.00

   

 G 7

29.76

1.75

30.00

0.635

0.025

no

 G 14

29.77

1.70

31.00

 Total

29.77

1.71

30.00

   
  1. Wilcoxon test
  2. Bonferroni multiple comparison
  3. *Evidence of statistical association (p < 0.05)