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Table 2 Feasibility of ELS procedures: compliance, number of C-units per sample, and completeness

From: Expressive language sampling as a source of outcome measures for treatment studies in fragile X syndrome: feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity

ELS procedure

Test

Retest

Conversation

 Noncompliant

15 (14.2%)

6 (5.7%)

 < 50 C-units (total)

5 (4.7%)

4 (3.9%)

 < 50 C-units (analysis set)

11 (10.4%)

12 (11.7%)

 Incomplete conversationsa

16 (15%)

11 (11%)

Narration

 Noncompliant

15 (14.2%)

9 (8.5%)

 < 25 C-units (total)

13 (12.3%)

10 (9.7%)

 < 25 C-units (analysis set)

27 (25.5%)

22 (21.4%)

 Incomplete narrativesb

27 (25%)c

22 (21%)d

  1. Cell values are number (and percentages) of participants, with n = 106 for first and 103 for retest administrations, respectively, unless noted otherwise
  2. aDefined in terms of duration
  3. bDefined in terms of coverage of pages
  4. cn = 105
  5. dn = 102
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Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

ISSN: 1866-1955

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