Table D-2 Correlations between readiness to learn outcome measures

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Table D-2
Correlations between readiness to learn outcome measures
	COMM¹	NUMB²	COPY³	ATTEN⁴	WORK⁵	CURIO⁶	SELFC⁷	PLAY⁸	DRESS⁹	CLEAN¹⁰
VOCAB¹¹	0.25¹²	0.40¹²	0.23¹²	0.13	0.08	0.02	0.07	0.10	0.03	0.09
COMM¹	…	0.24¹²	0.14	0.43¹²	0.36¹²	0.12	0.35¹²	0.27¹²	0.20	0.19
NUMB²	…	…	0.41¹²	0.16	0.14	-0.00	0.13	0.07	0.04	0.02
COPY³	…	…	…	0.19	0.15	-0.01	0.13	0.04	0.05	0.03
ATTEN⁴	…	…	…	…	0.38¹²	-0.01	0.55¹²	0.21	0.13	0.10
WORK⁵	…	…	…	…	…	0.15	0.38¹²	0.19	0.18	0.12
CURIO⁶	…	…	…	…	…	…	-0.01	0.05	0.01	0.04
SELFC⁷	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	0.23¹²	0.11	0.09
PLAY⁸	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	0.09	0.10
DRESS⁹	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	0.34¹²
CLEAN¹⁰	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Sample n ranged from 3,377 to 3,558 for correlations with VOCAB, NUMB and COPY. For other correlations, sample n ranged from 3,826 to 3,884. Substantive correlation coefficients are defined as r <= 0.22 (r squared = 0.05).
Notes 1. COMM=Communication skill. 2. NUMB=Number knowledge. 3. COPY=Copying and symbol use. 4. ATTEN=Attention. 5. WORK=Work effort. 6. CURIO=Curiosity. 7. SELFC=Self-control of behaviour. 8. PLAY=Cooperative play. 9. DRESS=Independence in dressing. 10. CLEAN=Independence in cleanliness. 11. VOCAB=Receptive vocabulary. 12. Correlation coefficient differs significantly and substantively from 0.
Data source: Statistics Canada: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 2002/2003.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Readiness to Learn at School Among Five-year-old Children in Canada, Number 4 in the Children and Youth Research Paper Series, catalogue number 89-599-XWE2006004.