1 SNS for Numeracy

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OMB Number: 0925-XXXX

OMB Expiration Date: TBD

SUBJECTIVE NUMERACY SCALE (SNS)

Instructions: Please answer the following questions to tell us how you think about numbers and percentages (%):

a. How good are you at working with fractions?	Not at all good					Extremely good
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b. How good are you working with percentages?	Not at all good					Extremely good
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c. How good are you at calculating a 15% tip?	Not at all good					Extremely good
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d. How good are you at figuring out how much a shirt will cost if it is 25% off?	Not at all good					Extremely good
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e. When reading the newspaper, how helpful do you find tables and graphs that are part of a story?	Not at all helpful					Extremely helpful
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f. When people tell you the chance of something happening, do you prefer that they use words (“it rarely happens”) or numbers (“there is a 1% chance”)?	Prefer words					Prefer percentages
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g. When you hear the weather forecast, do you prefer predictions using percentages (e.g., “there will be 20% chance of rain today”) or predictions using only words (e.g., “there is a small chance of rain today”)?	Prefer words					Prefer numbers
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h. How often do you find numerical information to be useful?	Never					Very often
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