Shipley Test - 1 page

Technical Manual

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

Created: January 09, 2021

Last Modified: January 05, 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.

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; all presented on one page.

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
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"
numberCorrectResponses Stores the total number of correct responses
+ all 20 individual responses, correct responses and accuracy values (1 = correct response; 0 = error)

Raw Data

File Name: shipley_x.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
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)