Table 7 Means, standard deviations, correct percentages and skewness and kurtosis values of the communication area items
From: The GAIRS Checklist: a useful global assessment tool in patients with Rett syndrome
Communication area | Mean | Standard deviation | % | Skewness | Kurtosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expressing a basic need at a physical level | 2.64 | 1.197 | 52.8 | .224 | − .715 |
Recognizing and expressing a basic need through pictures | 2.33 | 1.250 | 46.0 | .577 | − .562 |
Understanding the biunivocal relation between the corpora | 2.24 | 1.274 | 44.8 | .725 | − .395 |
Recognizing and expressing a basic need through word | 1.34 | .952 | 26.8 | 2.755 | 6.876 |
Understanding the biunivocal relation of a basic need between a picture and the word that expresses it | 1.24 | .789 | 24.8 | 3.408 | 11.969 |
Verbal comprehension | 2.83 | 1.068 | 56.6 | − .058 | − .183 |
Verbal production | 1.42 | .840 | 28.4 | 2.183 | 4.954 |
Total score | 2.00 | .80343 | 40.1 | 1.123 | 1.550 |