Table 3. Question-level statistics for the verbal practical judgement (n=50).

Items	M	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	α	Inter-item	Item-total
1. Medication management	1.18	0.63	−0.15	−0.47	0.53	0.05	0.09
2. Accidental overdose	1.06	0.96	−0.12	−1.95	0.53	0.07	0.14
3. Falling in the bathroom	1.80	0.61	−2.75	5.79	0.53	0.06	0.10
4. Meal preparation	1.26	0.83	−0.53	−1.34	0.46	0.13	0.32
5. Time management	0.68	0.96	0.70	−1.58	0.42	0.17	0.41
6. Late for appointment	1.44	0.67	−0.81	−0.43	0.44	0.17	0.43
7. Personal hygiene	1.76	0.43	−1.26	−0.44	0.51	0.06	0.21
8. Balancing the check book	1.18	0.77	−0.33	−1.24	0.50	0.09	0.23
9. Calculating change	1.42	0.70	−0.81	−0.54	0.50	0.10	0.21
10. Strangers in the home	1.90	0.36	−3.96	16.48	0.52	0.04	0.09

Notes: α: Cronbach's α if the item was deleted; inter-item: average inter-item correlation; item-total: corrected correlation with total Verbal Test of Practical Judgment (VPJ) total score. Skewness SE=0.34; Kurtosis SE=0.66.