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How can I assess test reliability in my own sample of test takers?

Testing instruments sold by Insight Assessment have met the threshold for strong internal consistency reliability (a minimum Alpha of 0.80 for attribute measures and a minimum KR-20 of .72 for skills measures) and are observed to maintain this performance in all samples of adequate variance.  A discussion of instrument validation process and related internal consistency reliability coefficient is provided in the user manual for each instrument.  Occasionally a customer may require a calculation of the reliability coefficient for their own sample. If you require this additional analysis, you can request and receive reliability coefficients for your sample if it is of adequate size to support this analysis. Additional fees apply.

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Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER)

The Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER) is a test of critical thinking skills calibrated for test takers in high school or the first two years of post-secondary education, and for adult...

Business Reasoning Test (BRT)

The BRT is calibrated to measure the critical thinking skills required for entry level part time or temporary jobs and those required for full time business and professiona...

Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT)

The HSRT is a test of critical thinking specifically designed for health sciences and health care professional preparation programs. Items require no health science knowledge but are...

California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)

The CCTST has been called the "gold standard" of college level critical thinking tests. The CCTST has been used in the USA and in authorized translations worldwide with gra...

Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST)

The Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST) is designed to evaluate the critical thinking skills of MBA students, undergraduate Business students and working professionals. It...

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Uses

Pharmacy Schools Assess CT

Pharmacy schools around the country are administering Insight Assessment critical thinking test instruments (the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, the California Critical Thinking Skil...

Schools of Dentistry Require CT Measurements

Dental schools around the country are administering Insight Assessment critical thinking test instruments (the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, the California Critical Thinking Skills...

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Freshman Seminar and First Year Success Directors are adopting programs using Insight Assessment critical thinking measurement tools to pretest and posttest their students' critical...

Honors Programs

Critical thinking is one of the vital cross-disciplinary learning outcome around which high quality Honors Programs are organized. Regardless of the theme of the program, teaching fo...

Physical Education, Health & Human Performance

Training for critical thinking has become an increasing focus in human performance, health and physical education. Educational strength and excellence starts with enrolling the...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which test items are on which scale?

As a function of test security, we do not provide item level data or scale structure information. If you are attempting to calculate a reliability statistic for your testing session,...

What is the reliability of the CCTST/HSRT/BCTST, etc?

The internal consistency (reliability) statistic for these critical thinking skills tests is the KR-20 coefficient (for instruments with dichotomously scored items). Reliability coef...

What is the reliability of the CCTDI and its scales?

The internal consistency (reliability) statistic for the CCTDI is the Cronbach's Alpha statistic (for instruments with items scored on a 6 point continuum). Reliability coefficients...

What support does IA offer for SACS QEPs?

Insight Assessment has extensive experience working with the premiere institutions in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Strong SACS QEPs require commitment in the dev...

What is representativeness?

The term 'Representativeness' when used related to testing, means that a small sample that was tested from a larger group was so similar to the larger group (representative of the gr...

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