Measuring numeracy without a math test: Development of the subjective numeracy scale

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 672-680

  Fagerlin, Angela ^a,b,c,d   Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a,b,c   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b,c   Jankovic, Aleksandra ^b   Derry, Holly A ^b   Smith, Dylan M ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d 300 North Ingalls Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Literacy; Measurement; Numeracy; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SKILL; SUBJECTIVE NUMERACY SCALE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148855629     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07304449     Document Type: Article

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