participant_id
Chance have mutation (for those who were tested, before testing)?
Chance of developing breast cancer (for those who were tested, before testing)?
Imagine that we flipped a coin 1,000 times. What is your best guess about how many times the coin would come up heads in 1,000 flips?
In the BIG BUCKS LOTTERY, the chance of winning a $10 prize is 1%. What is your best guess about how any people would win a $10 prize if 1000 people each buy a single ticket to BIG BUCKS?
In ACME PUBLISHING SWEEPSTAKES, the chance of winning a car is 1 in 1,000. What percent of tickets to ACME PUBLISHING SWEEPSTAKES wins a car?
Total Objective Numeracy (range 0-3; 1 point for each of 3 questions)
How much money did/would you spend on getting tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations?
How worried are you that BRCA1 and BRCA1 gene testing might find that I am sick?
Subjective Numeracy: Average Proficiency in Calculations (Item #1-4) (range: 1-6)
Subjective Numeracy: Average Preference/Utility for Numeric Info (Item #5-8) (range: 1-6)
Total Subjective Numeracy: Average of Avg. Proficiency in Calcs, Avg. Preference/Utility for Numeric Info (range: 1-6)
CGN Center
Highest degree or year of school completed
Current marital status. Codes from the NAACCR/SEER/ACoS standards.
Have you been tested for a BRCA1 mutation?
Did you test positive for a BRCA1 mutation
Has anyone in your family ever tested positive for a BRCA1 mutation?
Have you been tested for a BRCA2 mutation?
Did you test positive for a BRCA2 mutation
Has anyone in your family ever tested positive for a BRCA2 mutation?
Has anyone in your family ever tested positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation?
Has anyone in your family ever tested positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation? (3-categ; unknown incl.)
Age
Number of Relatives With Breast Cancer
Number of Relatives With Ovarian Cancer
Number of Relatives With Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Tested for BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation (based on up to 3 fields + if test results -- all avail info)
Tested positive for BRCA1 or BRCA2? (based on both available fields)
Has anyone in your family ever tested positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation? (3-categ; unknown/missing incl.)
Are you of Ashkenazi or Eastern European Jewish descent?
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #1: How good are you at working with fractions? (1=Not good at all; 6=Extremely good)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #2: How good are you at working with percentages? (1=Not good at all; 6=Extremely good)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #3: How good are you at calculating a 15% tip? (1=Not good at all; 6=Extremely good)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #4: How good are you at figuring out how much a shirt will cost if it is 25% off? (1=Not good at all; 6=Extremely good)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #5: When reading the newspaper, how helpful do you find tables and graphs that are parts of a story? (1=Not at all helpful; 6=Extremely helpful)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #6: When people tell you the chance of something happening, do you prefer that they use words ("it rarely happens") or numbers ("there's a 1% chance")? (1=Always prefer words; 6=Always prefer numbers)
Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS) Item #7: When you hear a weather forecast, prefer predictions using %ges (e.g., “20% chance of rain today”) or predictions using only words (e.g., “small chance of rain today”)? (1=Always prefer %ges; 6=Always prefer words)