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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2011 Apr 11;26(4):919–931. doi: 10.1037/a0023379

Table 3.

Summary of Response to Post-Test Interview.

Young Old.
Question*
1. Percentage of names that were famous? 50.8 71.8
2. More familiar with 1950s or 1990s names? 1950s: 0 30
        1990s: 33 0
        Equal: 0 6
3. Used specific strategy for making JOL? % “yes”: 84.9 61.1
4. Clear distinction between R, K, & N? % “yes”: 100.0 63.9
5. Accuracy of memory predictions?** 2.61 2.64
6. More accurate for 1950s or 1990s names? 1950s: 2 26
        1990s: 27 0
        Equal: 4 10

Note: N = 33 for young adults and 36 for older adults.

*

Questions are in abbreviated form here; see Methods for complete questions.

**

Question 5 used a 4-point scale where 1 = not at all, 2 = occasionally, 3 = fairly, and 4 = extremely.