The Use of Causal Language and Filled Pauses in Children with and without Autism

Table 3

Descriptive data for mean length of P-unit, revisions/repetitions, and filled pauses for children with HFA () and children with TD ().

	Children with HFA		Children with TD
	Mean (SD)	Range	Mean (SD)	Range
MLPU2	7.61 (2.331)	5.40–10.98	9.85 (1.998)	6.96–13.46
Revisions and repetitions/P-unit	0.36 (0.191)	0.06–0.56	0.55 (0.371)	0.05–1.36
Filled pauses/P-unit	0.23 (0.205)	0.03–0.59	0.46 (0.259)	0.09–1.11

Significant difference between groups, .