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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: Mem Cognit. 2003 Jun;31(4):491–504. doi: 10.3758/bf03196091

Table 2.

Mean Percentages and Standard Deviations for Each Type of Response for Younger Adults

High Frequency
Low Frequency
Dense Neighborhood
Sparse Neighborhood
Dense Neighborhood
Sparse Neighborhood
Hi NHF
Lo NHF
Hi NHF
Lo NHF
Hi NHF
Lo NHF
Hi NHF
Lo NHF
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Know Total 73 14 61 17 66 13 75 10 65 13 65 14 61 61 69 15
 Responses that were correct 54 18 66 14 47 23 62 16 50 17 66 21 50 21 34 21
 Correct selection from multiple options 38 15 22 13 46 22 29 16 37 19 32 20 43 20 40 18
Don’t Know Total 23 15 37 17 31 14 23 10 34 13 33 14 33 14 27 14
 Correct response 72 12 66 13 72 12 57 7 73 11 86 14 73 12 75 10
TOT
 Reported 1.7 3 0.86 2 1.4 4 1.1 2 0.86 3 1.5 2 5.5 6 3.8 7
 Resolved 50 33 0 0 33 59 31 38

Note—NHF, neighborhood frequency. Adding the total know, total don’t know, and TOT reported responses yields 100 (with rounding error). The subcategories under each type of response indicate percentages within that particular response category.