Word-level features predict SfV item difficulty: significant associations with length, order, and number of competitors, but not frequency, concreteness, or surprisal¶
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q2 i? Item-level correlations with SfV were significant for length (.40), order (−.34), and number of competitors (−.43), whereas correlations with frequency, concreteness, and max P→O surprisal were not significant. → Edwards 2022
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Edwards 2022¶
Edwards, A. A., Steacy, L. M., Seigelman, N., Rigobon, V. M., Kearns, D. M., Rueckl, J. G., & Compton, D. L. (2022). Unpacking the Unique Relationship Between Set for Variability and Word Reading Development: Examining Word- and Child-Level Predictors of Performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(6). https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000696
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Descriptive correlations for the item-level predictors (Table 3) across the 75 SfV items. The article reports "significant associations ... between SfV and length (.40)" and the printed null correlations.
"Significant associations were observed between SfV and length (.40), order (−.34), and number of competitors (−.43), whereas correlations with frequency, concreteness, and max P→O surprisal were not significant."
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Related Claims¶
- The impact of phonological competitors on SfV accuracy is greater for children with low decoding or low word reading skill — related
- Word attack and the word attack × max P→O surprisal interaction add variance beyond phonology, indicating phonology-to-orthography knowledge contributes to SfV performance — related
- Phonological predictors (phonological awareness and number of phonological competitors) add unique variance to SfV item performance beyond general predictors — related
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Word-level features predict SfV item difficulty: significant associations with length, order, and number of competitors, but not frequency, concreteness, or surprisal |
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Word-level features predict SfV item difficulty: significant associations with length, order, and number of competitors, but not frequency, concreteness, or surprisal |
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