Table 1.

Response categories for questions asked by the defense and prosecution

Response type	Defined as	Examples
Don't know	Questions that lead to an “I don't know” response from children.	“ I don't know”
		“ I don't remember”
		“ I am not sure”
No	Questions that lead to a “no” response from children.	“ No.”
No expanded	Questions that lead to a no response plus additional information from children.	“ No, but I remember that he grabbed me by the hand.”
Yes	Questions that lead to a “yes” response from children	“ Yes.”
Yes expanded	Questions that lead to a yes response plus additional information from children.	“ Yes, that's right. It was a quarter after five and I had just come back from school.”
Open ended	Questions that lead to an open-ended response from children.	“ It happened 2 months ago when I went to visit my aunt. Mommy said uncle Tom would be out of town. I didn't want to leave my house then.”