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Phone: Cognition

The respondents were asked to give answers to eight of the fourteen
items from the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS).  The simpliest
items from the WAIS were eliminated due to the fact that the general
ability of the sample is high enough to cause little variation in
response to simple items.  

The eight items were assigned scores between 0 and 2, unless the interview 
was a useable partial that was terminated before or during the cognition
questions.  Any cognition question that was not asked due to partialling
out is coded -3.  

See Appendix G, COR458 for details about how the scores 0 - 2 were
chosen for the primary sample.

  ri001re          Sum of the scores for the cognition questions.
  ri002re          In what way are an orange and a banana alike? 
  ri003re          In what way are a table and a chair alike? 
  ri004re          In what way are an eye and an ear alike? 
  ri005re          In what way are an egg and a seed alike? 
  ri006re          In what way are air and water alike? 
  ri007re          In what way are work and play alike? 
  ri008re          In what way are a fly and a tree alike? 
  ri009re          In what way are praise and punishment alike?

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