___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BAROCO Short ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 10-15-2025 last updated: 10-15-2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 10-15-2025 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Baroco-Short, a simple syllogism-solving test to test deductive reasoning. /////////////// //Reference: /////////////// Shikishima, C., Yamagata, S., Hiraishi, K., Sugimoto, Y., Murayama, K., & Ando, J. (2011). A simple syllogism-solving test: Empirical findings and implications for g research. Intelligence (Norwood), 39(2), 89–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2011.01.002 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Participants are given 5 syllogism questions consisting of 2 premises and are asked to pick the (only) valid conclusion from 5 provided options (only 1 can be selected). Participants are asked to spend max. 1 minute per question. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5 minute to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA OUTPUT DICTIONAIRY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The fields in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'xxx.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build 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) (2) Summary data file: 'xxx_summary*.iqdat' inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (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 script was run starttime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) totalScore: sum of all correct responses (Range: 0-5) radioButtons.q1.response: the selected response for q1 acc1: 1 = q1 was answered correctly; 0 = otherwise rt1: the cumulative time spent on q1 (same for Q2-Q5)