Table 4 Hierarchical regression analysis with decoding as the dependent variable (N = 71).

From: The relative contributions of phonological, morphological, and orthographic awareness to word decoding in Chinese as a second language

 

R

R2

B

SE

β

t

Sig.

Step 1

0.174

0.030

     

Native language

  

–0.034

0.023

–0.174

–1.466

0.147

Step 2

       

Model 1

0.321

0.103*

     

Native language

  

–0.020

0.023

–0.100

–0.838

0.405

Morphological awareness

  

0.235

0.100

0.280

2.354

0.021

Model 2

0.327

0.107*

     

Native language

  

–0.013

0.024

–0.065

–0.527

0.600

Orthographic awareness

  

0.315

0.131

0.297

2.414

0.018

Step 3

0.359

0.129

     

Native language

  

–0.010

0.024

–0.053

–0.430

0.668

Morphological awareness

  

0.150

0.116

0.180

1.299

0.199

Orthographic awareness

  

0.213

0.152

0.201

1.398

0.167

Step 4

0.365

0.133

     

Native language

  

–0.009

0.024

–0.045

–0.365

0.717

Morphological awareness

  

–0.077

0.414

–0.091

–0.185

0.854

Orthographic awareness

  

0.024

0.364

0.022

0.065

0.948

Interaction item

  

0.326

0.571

0.408

0.571

0.570

  1. *p < 0.05.