Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 08, 2012
Last Modified: January 31, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements the 18 item Need for Cognition Scale by
Cacioppo,J.T., Petty,R.E. & Kao, C.F (1984). The efficient assessment of need for cognition. Journal of Personality Assessment, 48, 306-307.
3 minutes
participant works on 18 9-point Likert questions. Each question has 9 answer choices, ranging from very strong
agreement to very strong disagreement.
instructions for the questions are not originals; they can be changed under
VALUES-> EDITABLE PARAMETERS -> parameters.instructions
1) Questions:
18 9-point Likert questions total, 4 questions per page
2) Required Responses:
By default the answer to each question is required (Go to QUESTIONS and edit each individual
question)
File Name: needcognitionscale_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| totalScore | Sum of the 18 individual question scores, rated on a scale from -4 to +4 (Total Range: -72 to +72) + responses to all individual questions |
File Name: NCS.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 -> reversed scoring already taken into account for R questions) 4 = very strong agreement -4 = very strong disagreement |
| 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) |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| instructions | The wording used in instructions |