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10926123

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
This study examines the effect of question format on HIV/AIDS knowledge assessed in teens in a detention center, public high school students, and adults. Multiple-choice items were taken from a Red Cross questionnaire and were transformed into open-ended and true/false/don't know formats. Each respondent received an open-ended and a structured version of the test (consisting of multiple-choice and true/false/don't know items). Format effects varied by group and order of presentation: High school students and adults performed better on the open-ended questions if they had answered the structured versions first-suggesting that the structured questions provided these respondents with unintended cues. Detention center youths did not benefit from having answered the structured items, and scored especially low on the open-ended questions. However, they did almost as well as the other groups with the true/false/don't know format. Implications are discussed for measuring HIV/AIDS knowledge and evaluating educational programs for different target audiences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0899-9546
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of question format on measured HIV/AIDS knowledge: detention center teens, high school students, and adults.
pubmed:affiliation
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. W.J.A.Bruine.de.Bruin@tm.tue.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.