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SOCIAL NETWORKS IN A RURAL SETTING<br />
Here we add SOCNET to the model, to test it as a predictor <strong>of</strong> dialect<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance:<br />
SSSCOR = 0.446 + 0.00845 AGE - 0.254 SEX + 0.00374 AGE x SEX - 0.0163 SOCNET<br />
Predictor Coef StDev T P<br />
Constant 0.4462 0.1470 3.03 0.004<br />
AGE 0.008447 0.002022 4.18 0.000<br />
SEX -0.2543 0.1104 -2.30 0.025<br />
AGE x SE 0.003736 0.002835 1.32 0.193<br />
SOCNET -0.01626 0.02132 -0.76 0.449<br />
S = 0.2455 R-Sq = 49.7% R-Sq(adj) = 46.2%<br />
SOCNET is not a significant predictor <strong>of</strong> SSSCOR, even at the 0.05 level. <strong>The</strong><br />
r-squared value <strong>of</strong> the model is aga<strong>in</strong> lowered by the addition <strong>of</strong> this variable.<br />
Lastly we test SOCNET as a predictor <strong>of</strong> LEXREC, the l<strong>in</strong>guistic score<br />
achieved dur<strong>in</strong>g a test <strong>of</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> fifty lexical items.<br />
7.8. SOCNET as a Predictor <strong>of</strong> LEXREC<br />
<strong>The</strong> model from above was:<br />
LEXREC = 26.9 + 0.349 AGE - 0.38 SEX + 0.0083 AGE x SEX<br />
Predictor Coef StDev T P<br />
Constant 26.879 2.117 12.69 0.000<br />
AGE 0.34908 0.05504 6.34 0.000<br />
SEX -0.377 3.025 -0.12 0.901<br />
AGE x SEX 0.00828 0.07771 0.11 0.916<br />
S = 6.731 R-Sq = 58.4% R-Sq(adj) = 56.2%<br />
Now we add SOCNET <strong>in</strong> order to test its value as a predictor <strong>of</strong> lexical<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance:<br />
LEXREC = 24.6 + 0.345 AGE - 0.44 SEX + 0.0074 AGE x SEX + 0.387 SOCNET<br />
Predictor Coef StDev T P<br />
Constant 24.606 4.050 6.08 0.000<br />
AGE 0.34471 0.05570 6.19 0.000<br />
SEX -0.435 3.041 -0.14 0.887<br />
AGE x SE 0.00736 0.07810 0.09 0.925<br />
SOCNET 0.3873 0.5872 0.66 0.512<br />
S = 6.764 R-Sq = 58.7% R-Sq(adj) = 55.8%<br />
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