Table 2 Mean and standard deviation (SD) values of all scores of the Arabic semantic test (scores of the total, receptive, and expressive parts) among the 4 age groups and comparison between them using the one-way ANOVA test
Test parts | Total scores | Test scores among the studied 4 age groups (mean ± SD) | t-score | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 (2–< 2.6 y) (n = 30) | Group 2 (2.6–< 3 y) (n = 30) | Group 3 (3–< 3.6 y) (n = 30) | Group 4 (3.6–< 4 y) (n = 30) | ||||
Receptive semantics | 189 | 142.10 ± 30.70 | 171.27 ± 10.14 | 176.90 ± 7.77 | 182.10 ± 4.15 | 49.38 | 0.000** |
Expressive semantics | 189 | 90.33 ± 35.66 | 127.37 ± 17.41 | 144.30 ± 19.50 | 153.00 ± 14.55 | 58.12 | 0.000** |
Total test score | 378 | 232.43 ± 63.56 | 297.35 ± 27.02 | 317.99 ± 27.06 | 332.61 ± 15.37 | 9.30 | 0.000** |