CCOGFLU  Cognition Fluency Module           

For more information on the Cognition Fluency Module see Appendix G.

OVERVIEW

The Fluency section is a task which tests cognitive ability by asking the respondent to name as many items that fit specified parameters as they can in the 60 seconds they are given.  For Letter Fluency, the specified parameters include instructions to think of as many words as they can beginning with either an "L" or an "F", which are randomly selected. They are further instructed that they cannot use proper names, repeat words, or use the same words with different endings. Similar instructions are given for the Category Fluency section.  In the Category Fluency section the respondent is asked to think of as many things they can that either fit in the category of "foods" or "animals," which are randomly selected.

If the respondent has refused the interviewer permission to record the interview at the beginning of the interview, before the fluency task is started, they ask special permission to record just the cognition section. If this permission to record is further denied, the fluency section is skipped for it can not be coded during the interview. If this special permission is granted, only the fluency section is recorded, and the recording stops after the fluency section is completed.

For full decision rules on what counts as a "scorable" answer, please see cor860.

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTION

    Letter Fluency:         80% Sample
    
    Category Fluency:       50% Sample

    CI201REC - CI206REC:    Administrative and Error Codes -Letter Fluency

    CI210REC:               Total Letter Fluency Score

    CI211REC - CI216REC:    Raw Counting Variables - Letter Fluency

    C1220REC - CI247REC:    Scores and Raw Counting Variables by Quartile 
                            - Letter Fluency

    CI301REC - CI306REC:    Administrative and Error Codes - Category 
                            Fluency

    CI310REC:               Total Category Fluency Score

    CI311REC - CI316REC:    Raw Counting Variables - Category Fluency

    C1320REC - CI347REC:    Scores and Raw Counting Variables by Quartile 
                            - Category Fluency