First, the relationship between the total scores of the RCT and all other reading
component skills was investigated using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.
Preliminary analyses were performed to ensure no violation of the assumptions of normality,
linearity, and homoscedasticity. An examination of the patterns of correlation among the
variables showed that all the component variables correlated significantly with RCT scores. The
highest correlate of the RCT was identifying specific information,