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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007;39(2):70–76. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2006.08.028

Table 1.

Median and Interquartile Ranges (IQRs) for Portions Selected, Estimated Minus Actual Differences, and Accuracy Ratios (Estimated/Actual) by Immediate Training (IT) and Delayed Training (DT) Conditions

N* Median (IQR) Portions (Oz.) Median (IQR) Difference (Oz.) Median (IQR) Accuracy Ratio (Est./Act.)
Food DT IT DT IT Pre-DT Post-DT IT Pre-DT Post-DT IT
Rotisserie Chicken 27 19 5.7 (5.5) 4.6 (4.9) −0.50 (2.90) −0.40 (2.00) 0.50 (2.00) 0.86 (0.43) 0.95 (0.33) 1.09 (0.55)b
Pulled BBQ Chicken 17 34 1.9 (1.7) 2.4 (2.6) 0.10 (1.65) −0.15 (1.95) 0.75 (3.08)b 1.06 (0.80) 0.93 (0.90) 1.40 (0.77)b
Mashed Potatoes 25 26 3.1 (1.8) 3.1 (2.3) −1.00 (2.08) −0.30 (4.23)a 0.85 (3.38)b 0.68 (0.54) 0.91 (1.23)a 1.33 (1.21)b
Gravy 13 11 0.6 (0.6) 0.9 (0.7) −0.33 (0.75) 0.25 (1.40)a 0.20 (0.83) 0.94 (1.06) 1.25 (1.52)a 1.43 (1.00)
Baked Beans 20 17 2.5 (3.3) 2.5 (1.5) −1.05 (2.96) −0.18 (3.03)a 1.25 (1.96)b 0.64 (1.06) 0.96 (1.32) 1.57 (0.81)b
Mixed Vegetables 20 20 1.5 (1.4) 2.0 (1.3) −1.00 (0.87) 0.42 (1.65) 0.67 (1.09) 0.94 (0.59) 1.30 (0.93)a 1.35 (0.56)b
Cole Slaw 18 29 1.9 (1.6) 2.1 (1.3) −0.25 (0.77) 0.20 (1.42) 0.50 (1.58) 0.81 (0.48) 1.24 (0.81) 1.24 (1.03)
Orzo Pasta Salad 22 27 2.3 (2.3) 2.2 (1.5) −0.30 (1.32) 0.65 (1.05)a 0.50 (1.33) 0.81 (0.52) 1.20 (0.61)a 1.02 (0.52)b
Bread 13 15 2.3 (0.5) 2.5 (0.3) −1.00 (1.20) 0.30 (1.30)a 0.07 (0.20) 0.96 (0.55) 1.15 (0.63) 1.48 (0.97)b
Butter 6 8 0.2 (0.2) 0.2 (.02) 1.00 (0.33) 0.10 (0.35) 0.07 (2.20) 1.33 (2.99) 1.67 (1.44) 1.67 (0.83)
Brownie 15 11 2.0 (0.8) 2.2 (0.5) 0.90 (1.90) 1.70 (1.80) 1.00 (1.40) 1.43 (1.40) 1.63 (1.53) 1.50 (0.71)
Beverage 31 42 12.0 (8.1) 11.4 (4.9) −1.70 (5.70) 0.90 (7.15) −0.40 (4.82) 0.82 (0.40) 0.94 (0.55) 0.94 (0.37)
*

Note that Ns for each food vary based on the number of participants who served themselves each food

a

Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test significant (p < .05) within group (NT-pre vs. NT-post)

b

Mann-Whitney U-Test significant (p < .05) between groups (NT-pre vs. T)