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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 3.

Mean Percentages and Standard Deviations for Each Type of Response for Older 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 78 22 76 21 74 18 80 20 74 21 76 21 76 20 70 18
 Responses that were correct 58 24 64 20 45 22 65 14 60 18 58 19 66 16 38 25
 Correct selection from multiple options 35 20 24 16 44 19 21 10 32 16 34 16 26 13 38 21
Don’t Know Total 17 21 20 20 22 19 16 20 21 21 18 20 21 19 21 16
 Correct response 73 84 70 80 73 56 72 72 84 90 71 89 68 87 71 56
TOT
 Reported 3 6 2 4 2 3 3 7 3 5 4 5 2 4 6 10
 Resolved 28 79 54 72 66 55 43 33

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.