Objective:
Researchers compared the reading abilities of patients with cancer at a
Veterans Adminstration Medical Center to the measured reading levels of
educational materials about cancer.
Statistical tools:
Graphical displays, scales of measurement, measures of center, measures of
spread, descriptive statistics.
Sample sizes and characteristics:
- Reading abilities measured in grade levels (grade 2 and below through
grade 13 and above) for a convenience sample of 63 veterans who had
outpatient oncology clinic appointments at the Philadelphia Veterans
Affairs Medical Center between April 1991 and December 1991.
- Reading levels measured in grade levels (2 through 16) for 30 booklets
available to patients with cancer at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration
Medical Center in 1991.
Instruments used:
- The Wide Range Achievement Test word recognition subscale (WRAT-R2)
was used to measure the reading abilities of the patients.
- The Flesch Reading Ease and Grade Level Index was used to measure the
readabilities of the booklets.