Table 3.

Mean ratings and order of difficulty for decisional tasks for males with fragile X syndrome (in increasing order of difficulty).

Rank	Item Description	Mean (SD)
1	Understand that this medication is different from his/her regular treatment	1.26 (1.10)
2 (tied)	Realize that he/she can choose to participate in the study or withdraw at any time	1.10 (1.10)
2 (tied)	Understand that he/she is being asked to participate in a research study to find out if the medication works for people with FXS.	1.09 (1.04)
3 (tied)	Understand that he/she might get the medication or he/she might get a sugar pill	0.93 (1.07)
3 (tied)	Make a decision about study participation	0.87 (1.02)
4	Understand and weigh the potential benefits and risks of participating in the study	0.65 (0.90)

Note: All pairwise comparisons are significant at p < .05 with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons except for the two pairs of items that were essentially identical in rank.