These are detailed results of the study described in:
Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2001.) Relationships between sounds and letters in English monosyllables. Journal of Memory and Language, 44, 592-617.
Reading and spelling consistencies were computed for onset, vowel, and coda units, over this list of words. The referenced word list gives an alignment for each word, showing how the letters and sounds were assigned to the three parts of the syllable.
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Vowel strings | 68 | 46 |
| At ceiling | 39 | 23 |
| Improved by Onset | 2 | 0 |
| Improved by Coda | 22 | 11 |
| Details | Details |
C = .729, improvement of 0.004 over average permuted C of .726 (p = .027)
C = .757, improvement of 0.038 over average permuted C of .729 (p = .000)
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Onset strings | 89 | 60 |
| At ceiling | 79 | 56 |
| Improved by Vowel | 4 | 0 |
| Improved by Coda | 0 | 0 |
| Details | Details |
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Coda strings | 145 | 65 |
| At ceiling | 137 | 61 |
| Improved by Onset | 0 | 0 |
| Improved by Vowel | 2 | 0 |
| Details | Details |
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Vowel strings | 15 | 15 |
| At ceiling | 0 | 0 |
| Improved by Onset | 4 | 1 |
| Improved by Coda | 14 | 13 |
| Details | Details |
C = .540, improvement of 0.007 over average permuted C of .536 (p = .000)
C = .596, improvement of 0.112 over average permuted C of .536 (p = .000)
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Onset strings | 63 | 50 |
| At ceiling | 41 | 39 |
| Improved by Vowel | 4 | 1 |
| Improved by Coda | 0 | 0 |
| Details | Details |
| Adults | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct Coda strings | 93 | 52 |
| At ceiling | 58 | 40 |
| Improved by Onset | 1 | 1 |
| Improved by Vowel | 11 | 5 |
| Details | Details |