Shipley Test - Multiple Pages

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 09, 2021

Last Modified: January 11, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the original ("A") or alternate ("B") Shipley Test (Shipley, 1940) with one question per page. The Shipley Test was devised as a quick test of intellectual impairment.

References

Original:
Shipley, W.C. (1940). A self-administering scale for measuring intellectual impairment and deterioration. Journal of Psychology; 10, Periodicals Archive Online pg. 371

Alternate:
Horlick, R.S. & Monroe, H.J. (1954). A study of the reliability of an alternate form for the Shipley-Hartford Abstraction Scale.J Clin Psychol, 10(4), 381-3.

Duration

8 minutes

Overview

20 fill-in-the blank questions; in this script version all questions are presented on separate
pages.

Summary Data

File Name: shipley_x_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
computer.touch 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities
computer.hasKeyboard 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
form "A" or "B"
Total Score
numberCorrectResponses Stores the total number of correct responses
Individual Responses (Explained For Q1)
values.q1Cr Stores correct response to question1
textbox.q1.response Stores given response to question1
values.accQ1 1 = given response is correct; 0 = given response is incorrect

Raw Data

File Name: shipley_x.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject Participant ID
group Group number
session Session number
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)