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Pachana, N.A., Helmes, E. and Gudgeon, S. (2013) An Australian Facts on Ageing Quiz. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 32, 117-121.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00635.x

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• TITLE: Development of a Canadian Adaptation of the Facts on Aging Quiz

  AUTHORS: Edward Helmes

  KEYWORDS: Aging, Older Adults, Knowledge, Scale Development

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Aging Research, Vol.5 No.3, May 13, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Accurate knowledge about older adults is desirable for research into aging populations. The Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ) has been one of the most widely used measures of knowledge about aging that has been used in English-speaking countries. The original true-false version has largely been replaced by the current multiple-choice format. Here I present data on a Canadian multiple-choice FAQ from 172 older adult residents in the community with a mean age of 70.3 years old (SD = 8.88). The mean percentage correct on the Canadian FAQ-2C was 54.4%, a proportion higher than the recent Australian data and some older American data on older adults. The Canadian adaptation of the modified Australian multiple-choice version demonstrates the value of the local verification of FAQ items’ scoring key if the knowledge assessed by the FAQ is to be used accurately in a different country or if the local scoring key was developed several years earlier.