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Table 2 Significant correlation between tests

From: Abilities of preschoolers: comparing different tools

Test

Correlates with

Significance

Correlation

Raven's Progressive Matrices

Auditory discrimination

P < 0.001

- 0.492

 

Phonemic analysis

P = 0.002

- 0.458

 

Corsi test

P = 0.007

- 0.357

 

Word pairs learning

P = 0.005

- 0.386

 

Auditory attention

P = 0.01

- 0.347

 

Tower of London

P < 0.001

- 0.475

 

Visual discrimination

P = 0.005

- 0.376

Modified Bell Cancellation Test:

   

Rapidity

Corsi test

P = 0.047

- 0.262

 

Short term memory

P = 0.001

- 0.432

 

Long term memory

P = 0.048

- 0.260

 

Auditory attention

P = 0.026

- 0.297

 

Tower of London

P = 0.01

- 0.339

 

Categorical fluency

P = 0.003

- 0.388

Correctness

Auditory discrimination

P = 0.01

- 0.336

 

Corsi test

P = 0.022

- 0.299

 

Short term memory

P < 0.001

- 0.454

 

Long term memory

P = 0.014

- 0.322

 

Auditory attention

P = 0.021

- 0.307

 

Tower of London

P = 0.013

- 0.326

 

Categorical fluency

P = 0.008

- 0.346

 

Phonemic fluency

P = 0.001

- 0.424

 

Visual discrimination

P = 0.037

- 0.277

 

Social problems (CBCL)

P = 0.028

+ 0.297

Hollingshead's Four Factor Index

Auditory discrimination

P < 0.001

- 0.518

 

Phonemic analysis

P < 0.001

- 0.571

 

Phonemic fusion

P = 0.02

- 0.414

 

Digit span

P = 0.003

- 0.294

 

Word pairs learning

P = 0.004

- 0.396

 

Visual attention

P = 0.023

- 0.318

 

Tower of London

P = 0.001

- 0.432

 

Phonemic fluency

P < 0.001

- 0.673

 

Categorical fluency

P = 0.004

- 0.385

 

Visual discrimination

P = 0.005

- 0.381

 

Attention deficit's DSM IV symptoms (CRS-R)

P = 0.04

+ 0.182

 

Raven's Progressive Matrices

P = 0.0013

+ 0.340

 

IPDA

P < 0.001

+ 0.511

IPDA

Auditory discrimination

P = 0.002

- 0.410

 

Phonemic analysis

P = 0.03

- 0.325

 

Word pairs learning

P = 0.012

- 0.347

 

Long term memory

P = 0.039

- 0.275

 

Phonemic fluency

P = 0.002

- 0.403

 

Externalizing problems (CBCL)

P = 0.045

+ 0.272

 

Total problems (CBCL)

P = 0.034

+ 0.286

 

Perfectionism (CBCL)

P = 0.017

+ 0.324

 

Psycho-somatic problems (CBCL)

P = 0.012

- 0.341

 

SES

P < 0.001

+ 0.511