| The 99 respondents in this study rated 55 paired stem-responses according to eight different criteria. One of those criteria concerned world knowledge (background information). Respondents rated 55 stem-responses in terms of a 5-point scale in which "5" denoted items in which a high degree of background information was needed, and "1" those in which a low degree of background information was needed. Respondents had the option of not rating items they felt uncertain of. Moreover, if a respondent wasn't present for this phase of the study, a "no response" rating was recorded. |
| Statement No. |
Respondent Ratings | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 (no response) |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 48 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 20 |
| 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 21 |
| 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 40 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 23 |
| 10 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 23 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 23 |
| 12 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 25 |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 47 | 23 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 49 | 23 |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 23 |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
| 17 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 18 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 25 |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 52 | 23 |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 41 | 23 |
| 22 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 23 |
| 23 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 23 |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 23 |
| 25 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 26 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 27 |
| 27 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 25 |
| 28 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 25 |
| 29 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 27 |
| 30 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 27 |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 29 |
| 32 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 29 |
| 33 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 29 |
| 34 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 27 |
| 35 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 29 |
| 36 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 35 | 27 |
| 38 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 27 |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 27 |
| 40 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 29 |
| 41 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 33 |
| 42 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 29 |
| 43 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 31 |
| 44 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 45 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 30 |
| 46 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 28 |
| 47 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 28 |
| 48 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 28 |
| 49 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 28 |
| 50 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 30 |
| 51 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 28 |
| 52 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 28 |
| 53 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 54 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 26 |
| 55 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 26 |
| THIS ARTICLE Phase 1 World Knowledge Ratings |
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| Abstract | Background | Method | Results |
| Conclusion | References | Appendix 1 | Appendix 2 |