Chan et al. (A-9) developed a questionnaire to assess knowledge of prostate cancer. There was a total of 36 questions to which respondents could answer “agree,” “disagree,” or “don’t know.” Scores could range from 0 to 36.

The mean scores for Caucasian study participants was 20.6 with a standard deviation of 5.8, while the mean scores for African-American men was 17.4 with a standard deviation of 5.8. The number of Caucasian study participants was 185, and the number of African-Americans was 86.