Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ Categories
FAQs: Pricing & Ordering
Does Insight Assessment offer support to grant funded research projects?
Do you offer Doctoral Dissertation Research Pricing?
Can I preview an assessment before purchase?
What is your pricing structure?
Can I pay for tests as I use them, rather than all at once?
Can I purchase a copy of your test for our library?
Can I be a reseller?
What is the difference between a Price Quote, Sales Order & Invoice
FAQs: What is Critical Thinking
What is Critical Thinking?
Why critical thinking? And why should we measure it?
What is the best way to assess critical thinking?
CT Mindset, Dispositions, Habits of Mind, Attributes?
What are Critical Thinking Skills?
What’s the difference between a skill and a disposition?
Why measure the thinking mindset?
Why would I need two different tests? What is a companion instrument?
How can I learn more about critical thinking skills and dispositions?
How can I improve critical thinking skills?
What are examples of objective criteria for the attainment of evidence based learning outcomes?
Do specific critical thinking skill scores represent independent factors?
Do explicit interventions impact critical thinking positively?
FAQs: General Test Information
How can I get ready to take a critical thinking test?
Do employees, students, or applicants need to practice for Insight Assessment critical thinking tests?
Do you offer test preparation materials?
Can I test my own or my child’s critical thinking?
How do I know which Insight Assessment test is best for my needs?
What authorized translations are available?
Do you have tests for elementary school, junior high, or high school students?
How do the different members of the CCTST family differ?
Which critical thinking test is best for community college students?
How can I choose the best test for health science students or for practitioners?
How do children learn critical thinking?
How do the HSRT and CCTST differ?
How much time does it take to complete the critical thinking disposition test?
Who are Insight Assessment’s customers?
FAQs: Reports, Data and Scores
What is included in the Assessment Report package?
What are Customized Assessment Reports?
What test score reports do I receive?
How can we receive our individual test taker results?
Do our test takers have to see results?
How can I compare my previous dataset with my new dataset?
How do I get access to my online test takers’ scores?
How long do my online test takers have to wait before they can know their test scores?
Can I use online testing to give my questionnaire or research survey?
Do you have statisticians available on staff?
What is the difference between aggregate and matched-pairs comparisons?
What is a percentile score?
Should I eliminate outliers from my sample before using my scores in other analyses?
Is the OVERALL scale the most important score reported on the CCTDI?
What is the OVERALL score reported by Insight Assessment Skills test instruments?
FAQs: Validity and Reliability
What is the validity and reliability of Insight Assessment test instruments?
What is content validity?
What is criterion (predictive) validity?
How are Insight Assessment test instruments validated?
What is the construct validity of Insight Assessment test instruments?
What is representativeness?
Have Insight Assessment test instruments been validated against disparate impact?
What is the reliability of the Insight Assessment critical thinking mindset instruments?
What is the reliability of the CCTST/HSRT/BCTST, etc?
How can I assess test reliability in my own sample of test takers?
FAQs: Test Administration
Do I need any special software to run the Insight Assessment testing system?
Can disability accomodations be made for test takers?
How long do the tests take to administer?
Can my non-English speaking students login to your online system in their native language? What language will their test be in?
Can I control assignments and have my test takers repeat tests?
Can I put my own tests or survey online for my workers, students, or research subjects?
How many times should I test the same person?
How do you ensure individual test taker data is protected?
Can I run your tests instruments off my Learning Management Systems i.e. Blackboard, Moodle?
Who maintains the testing system?
Can a customer translate a test?
What is test anxiety?
FAQs: Accreditation, Comparison Groups and State Funding
How does Insight Assessment support accreditation quality improvement projects?
My state is asking for metrics as part of the funding criteria. Can you help?
What support does IA provide for SACS QEPs?
How do we specify goals for a successful QEP?
My grant requires a comparison to national standards. Do your norms offer the potential for that metric?
Do Insight Assessment percentiles model the international group of schools accredited by AACSB?
Why are norm-referenced scores important?
Are there norms for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT)?
How can I provide my IRB with a view of the test I’m using?
How do I prove our Freshman Seminar or First Year program is effective?
Can the LSRP help me demonstrate the proficiency of my graduating class?
FAQs: Pretest/Posttest Design
FAQs: Admission and Candidate Selection
Can your tools help us evaluate candidates from other countries?
Can your business tests help my recruiting firm identify higher quality candidates for my clients?
How can I identify staff with the best problem-solving skills?
I hire a large amount of seasonal workers for my business. Will your tests improve the quality of the hire?
FAQs: Quality Improvement
How do INSIGHT business clients use group thinking metrics?
How do INSIGHT clients use individual employee thinking data?
How do we convince our employees that they need to think better?
Can Insight Assessment help me improve progress on my initiatives?
How can we improve workplace safety and reduce accidents?
Initiating critical thinking assessment and training program for health professionals
How can I start improving thinking and work ethic in my company?
If we assess employee thinking, how do we use the data to make a real difference to our bottom line?
How can I improve customer service?
Can critical thinking improve our technical support?
FAQs: Teaching and Learning
How are educators teaching critical thinking today?
How can I teach critical thinking?
Do you offer training and development programs for critical thinking skills and mindset?
Can I see some example questions?
What is a rubric?
Can critical thinking be assessed with rubrics?
How does a rubric like the Holistic Thinking Scoring Rubric work?
I am interested in developing a faculty workshop to improve critical thinking. Can you help?
Can CT be a learning outcome of Student Affairs co-curricular programming?
Why should we teach critical thinking in our Freshman Seminar / First Year Program?
How can we develop training to improve employee thinking?