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  • 5.1 Standard Deviations
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5.2 Differences between the Norm Group and the SI Treatment Group by Theoretical Groups

Differences between the Norm group and the SI treatment group in five year olds

Normal group and SI treatment group		Tone Stability	Equilibrium and Gravity	Rotation	Smooth Movements	Motor Planning	Total Test Score
Normal group	Mean	3,8554	3,2937	3,9296	3,8000	2,9569	3,5671
	N	40	40	40	40	40	40
	Std. Deviation	,70149	,71316	,50628	,61436	,76126	,51086
SI treatment group	Mean	3,2051	3,1907	3,4512	3,4385	3,0369	3,2740
	N	43	43	42	42	33	32
	Std. Deviation	,75909	,89096	,75907	,86092	,74279	,55718

Groupings	Norm table for five year olds	min	max
Tone/stability	normal range:	3.66	4.21
Equilibrium and Gravity	normal range:	2.94	3.65
Rotation	normal range:	3.67	4.18
Smooth movements	normal range:	3.49	4.11
Motor planning	normal range:	2.57	3.34
Total Test Score	normal range:	3.31	3.82

Differences between the Norm group and the SI treatment group in six year olds.

Normal group and SI treatment group		Tone Stability	Equilibrium and Gravity	Rotation	Smooth Movements	Motor Planning	Total Test Score
Normal group	Mean	3,9924	3,7015	4,1159	4,0019	3,6308	3,8902
	N	54	54	54	54	53	53
	Std. Deviation	,65668	,75398	,54297	,75492	,84297	,54588
SI treatment group	Mean	3,4171	3,0474	3,4389	3,4372	2,9503	3,2912
	N	43	39	42	43	35	34
	Std. Deviation	,71184	,71096	,69922	,77376	,63458	,51474

Groupings	Norm table for six year olds	min	max
Tone/stability	normal range:	3.66	4.32
Equilibrium and Gravity	normal range:	3.32	4.08
Rotation	normal range:	3.84	4.38
Smooth movements	normal range:	3.74	4.44
Motor planning	normal range:	3.21	4.05
Total Test Score	normal range:	3.62	4.16

Differences between the Norm group and the SI treatment group in seven year olds.

Normal group and SI treatment group		Tone Stability	Equilibrium and Gravity	Rotation	Smooth Movements	Motor Planning	Total Test Score
Normal group	Mean	4,4010	4,0942	4,1432	4,1292	4,0880	4,1711
	N	48	48	48	48	48	48
	Std. Deviation	,50395	,65605	,54394	,51939	,75974	,47120
SI treatment group	Mean	3,7843	3,5179	3,5875	3,7754	3,5940	3,6449
	N	40	39	40	40	39	39
	Std. Deviation	,72281	,73062	,66760	,76818	,74076	,56454

Groupings	Norm table for seven year olds	min	max
Tone/stability	normal range:	4.15	4.65
Equilibrium and Gravity	normal range:	3.76	4.42
Rotation	normal range:	3.87	4.42
Smooth movements	normal range:	3.87	4.39
Motor planning	normal range:	3.71	4.46
Total Test Score	normal range:	3.96	4.41

Differences between the Norm group and the SI treatment group in 8-11 year olds.

Normal group and SI treatment group		Tone Stability	Equilibrium and Gravity	Rotation	Smooth Movements	Motor Planning	Total Test Score
Normal group	Mean	4,5351	4,3899	4,4387	4,4860	4,5485	4,4796
	N	57	57	57	57	57	57
	Std. Deviation	,45486	,57288	,50127	,46183	,52393	,39345
SI treatment group	Mean	3,9088	3,4749	3,8878	3,9568	3,7362	3,7786
	N	70	68	70	69	62	62
	Std. Deviation	,72429	,80352	,75172	,81239	,89943	,68784

Groupings	Norm table for 8-11 year olds	min	max
Tone/stability	normal range:	4.31	4.76
Equilibrium and Gravity	normal range:	4.10	4.68
Rotation	normal range:	4.19	4.69
Smooth movements	normal range:	4.25	4.72
Motor planning	normal range:	4.29	4.81
Total Test Score	normal range:	4.28	4.68