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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

scacognitiveability_ip7

Self-Completion Cognitive Ability Module

Questions 23

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_a

Working memory number recall question A

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Text: Please enter the numbers in the same order that you remember from the previous page:

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_b

Working memory number recall question B

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Text: Please enter the numbers in the same order that you remember from the previous page:

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_scb

Working memory number recall screen B

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nabook

Original cost of book

Type: number

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: A second hand book dealer is selling a book for £ 6. This is two thirds of what it cost new. How much did the book cost new? Please enter a number.

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.cogend

End of cognitive ability CASI section

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER INTERVIEWER SERIAL NUMBER TO CONTINUE.

Text: Thank you. That is the end of the memory and concentration section. Please return the laptop to the interviewer.

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 (Mode is face-to-face)

scacognitiveability_ip7.cogstart

Start of cognitive ability CASI section

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

OptionLabel
1Continue

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 (Mode is face-to-face)

scacognitiveability_ip7.memper

Perceptions of Memory

Type: choice

Source: HRS

Text: How would you rate your memory at the present time? Would you say it is....

OptionLabel
1Excellent
2Very good
3Good
4Fair
5Poor

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nadisease

Number getting a disease

Type: number

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: If the chance of getting a disease is 10 percent, how many people out of 1,000 would be expected to get the disease? Please enter a number.

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nsq1

Number series q1

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: In the following question, a series of numbers is given with one blank space. Please choose the number that belongs in the blank. 23, 26, 30, 35, ____

OptionLabel
129
248
341
437

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nsq2

Number series q2

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: In the following question, a series of numbers is given with one blank space. Please choose the number that belongs in the blank. 17, ____, 12, 8

OptionLabel
118
215
39
421

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nsq3

Number series q3

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: In the following question, a series of numbers is given with one blank space. Please choose the number that belongs in the blank. 5, 8, 11, ____

OptionLabel
114
216
319
420

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.nsqpre

Number series preamble

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: In the following set of questions, a series of numbers following a pattern will be given with a blank space where a number should go. Sometimes the blank will be at the end of the series, and sometimes it may be at the beginning or in the middle. Please choose the number you think goes in the blank. For example, if the series of numbers shown is 2, 4, 6, _____, the correct answer would be 8. Some of the problems may be easy but others may be hard. Just do the best you can. There is no credit for answering quickly - it is more important to answer the item correctly. Don't worry if you do not know the answer, some of the items are intended to be very difficult. You can go onto the next item at any time. Please click next when you are ready to begin.

OptionLabel
1Continue

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.precog

Preamble to cognitive ability

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: IF RESPONDENT IS NOT COMFORTABLE READING, HAS PROBLEMS WITH EYESIGHT OR USING COMPUTERS, CODE "Not able to do section by self-completion" AND CONTINUE.

Text: Part of this study is concerned with people's memory and the ability to think about things in everyday life. In the next section of the interview, there will be some memory and concentration tasks. Some may seem easier than others. Please just do the best you can on all of them.

OptionLabel
1Accepted laptop to complete section
4Refused cognitive ability section
5Not able to do section by self-completion

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)

scacognitiveability_ip7.vaq1

Verbal analogies q1

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: Please select the word that completes the following phrase: Lion is to animal as flower is to _____

OptionLabel
1plant
2grass
3root
4roots

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.vaq2

Verbal analogies q2

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: Please select the word that completes the following phrase: Egg is to fish as _____ is to plant

OptionLabel
1leaf
2root
3seed
4rose

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.vaq3

Verbal analogies q3

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: Please select the word that completes the following phrase: University is to institution as mayor is to _____

OptionLabel
1official
2town
3law
4councilman

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.vaqpre

Verbal analogies preamble

Type: choice

Source: HRS (adapted)

Text: Next, the following questions will have a phrase with several words and you are to finish the sentence by selecting the word that best completes the phrase. For example, if I say "Mother is to Daughter as Father is to ____" you would select "Son". Mother is to Daughter as Father is to Son. Some of the problems may be easy but others may be hard. Just do the best you can. It is more important to answer the item correctly than to answer quickly, so take a little time to think before answering. Don't worry if you do not know the answer, some of the items are intended to be very difficult. You can go onto the next item at any time. Please click next when you are ready to begin.

OptionLabel
1Continue

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_c

Working memory number recall question C

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Text: Please enter the numbers in the same order that you remember from the previous page:

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_d

Working memory number recall question D

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Text: Please enter the numbers in the same order that you remember from the previous page:

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_scc

Working memory number recall screen C

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_scd

Working memory number recall screen D

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnrpre

Working memory number recall preamble

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: In the following questions, a random set of numbers will be shown on screen for a short time. You will then be asked on the following screen to enter all the numbers you can remember in the same order. This task is not always easy, and many people only remember a few, just do the best you can.

OptionLabel
1Continue

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

scacognitiveability_ip7.wmnr_sca

Working memory number recall screen A

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Universe:
if ScriptNo = 1 (label = Respondent received script number 1)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.Modetype = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if PreCog = 1 (Willing and able to complete CASI cognitive ability section)

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