After an analysis of the spelling errors in a 108-word spelling test, words were categorized as P words or V words. P words were those for which all errors could be attributed to mispronunciation or inapplicable phonic generalization, and for V words the errors had no such basis. It was predicted and confirmed that the superiority of 33 good visualizers over 30 poor visualizers in spelling performance would be more pronounced for V words than for P words.
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