5.2 Scoring using FSM Variables

Using items provided by Toplak, West, and Stanovich (2014) the item in Figure 5.9 illustrates scoring using variables. In this example, the finite-state machine updates variable values, designed to allow immediate feedback (correct response, intuitive incorrect responses, and any other wrong response) and to compute the total score for all seven items of the Cognitive Reflection Test.

FIGURE 5.9: Example item illustrating scoring with variables (html|ib).

Starting with CBA ItemBuilder Version 10.4, a simple scoring definition is supported by providing default scoring for components (e.g., Checkboxes) and groups (e.g., RadioButtonGroup and FrameSelectGroups) using FSM Variables (instead of so-called Hit-/Miss-conditions).

References

Toplak, Maggie E., Richard F. West, and Keith E. Stanovich. 2014. “Assessing Miserly Information Processing: An Expansion of the Cognitive Reflection Test.” Thinking & Reasoning 20 (2): 147–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2013.844729.