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Content navigator ITAB: IT Aptitude Battery What is the ITAB? Modern Work Environments Cognitive Abilities at Work Traditional Work Environment 21 st Century Work Environment21 st Century Work Environment What is procedural skill? ITAB: tests What does the ITAB measure? How does the ITAB measure Gf/PSL aptitude? ITAB 1: Hidden Target Test ITAB 2: Battery Test Computer game-like tests Innovative features ITAB: Test Data ITAB: Test Report ITAB: Information ITAB: technical information The compass icon appears on many slides in the slide show. Click on one of its arrows to return to the navigator page.

ITAB IT Aptitude Battery The ITAB is the worlds first battery of fully interactive tests of human intelligence. A product of: CogniMetrics Inc. San Antonio, TX What is the ITAB? © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB IT Aptitude Battery Information Technology (I.T.) has gradually, but radically, reshaped the environment in which we work, communicate, and do business. These changes put new demands on workers. In a modern work environment our workers need to be able to interact efficiently with systems that have a dynamic of their own, such as IT systems. Modern Work Environments © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB tests intelligence Cognitive Abilities at Work intelligence is the strongest predictor of work performance developments in the work environment have changed the nature of intelligence that is required

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence (Gc) knowing (facts, rules, skills) Traditional Work Environment

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence fluid intelligence (Gf) 21 st Century Work Environment knowing (facts, rules, skills) problem solving information processing procedural learning

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence fluid intelligence (Gf) 21 st Century Work Environment knowing (facts, rules, skills) problem solving information processing procedural learning

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence fluid intelligence (Gf) 21 st Century Work Environment knowing (facts, rules, skills) problem solving information processing procedural learning

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence fluid intelligence (Gf) 21 st Century Work Environment knowing (facts, rules, skills) problem solving information processing procedural learning

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests crystallized intelligence fluid intelligence (Gf) 21 st Century Work Environment knowing (facts, rules, skills) problem solving information processing procedural learning

ITAB IT Aptitude Battery New nursing technologies require nursing staff to be able to operate a great variety of technical systems. The cognitive skill required for using such systems is called procedural knowledge, or procedural skill.nursing technologies Traditional tests of intelligence were not designed to measure aptitude for procedural skill learning. ITAB and New Nursing Technologies © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

The new interactive tools vary in complexity from MS Office software tools (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), to heart- monitoring systems in hospitals, to complex information systems monitoring industrial processes. The cognitive skill required for using such devices is called procedural knowledge, or procedural skill.. What is procedural skill? ITAB procedural skills © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

IT related procedural skills in nursing range from accessing patient records, X-rays, medication information systems for operation, (often) while on the bed side, to monitoring the cardiac and pulmonary system and updating the patient records and to obtaining a second opinion from another health care professional through a wireless network. Cognition research in the nineties has deepened our insight into how procedural skills are learned. Examples of procedural skill ITAB procedural skills © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB tests The ITAB tests measure how easily someone can learn new procedural skills -- procedural skill learning aptitude. Procedural skill learning (PSL) aptitude is a manifestation of fluid intelligence (Gf). What does the ITAB measure? © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

How do ITAB tests measure Gf / PSL aptitude? The tests provide an interactive task environment in which the individual has to achieve a goal. The tests measure: how feedback is incorporated into follow-up actions how quickly this leads to a more or less efficient procedure ITAB tests © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB tests ITAB 1: Hidden Target Test Task: The Interface of the Hidden Target test generates a two-dimensional search space consisting of a rectangular grid of equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines. The subject is required to determine where a target is located in as few steps as possible. The subject can move a cursor across the two- dimensional space from junction to junction using a set of arrow keys. To indicate his or her first guess the subject clicks at the key. The feedback of the task-environment indic- ates the distance between the tested location and the location of the hidden target in City Block metric.. bar keys HELP menu © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

Task: the test requires the individual to test whether the presented batteries work. Each new trial starts with a set of nine batteries to be tested. The battery tester is designed such that batteries have to be tested in pairs. The goal of the task is to identify the defective batteries in as few steps as possible. Each set of nine batteries contains two defective batteries. HELP MENU button Feedback window © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB tests ITAB 2: Battery Test

The feel of a computer game Combining a game-like character and an intuitive interface gives ITAB tests an advantage in testing populations that have developed an aversion against school math and the static logic of traditional intelligence tests. ITAB tests © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

Innovative features 1.ITAB tests provide an interactive task environment.task environment 2.Actions of individuals are not scored as singleton answers to distinct problems, but analyzed as sequence patterns.sequence patterns ====== 3.The test report is organized according to an empirically tested structural equations model. ITAB tests © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB: TEST DATA Each ITAB test provides an interactive task-environment. An examinee action (user action) changes the environment (system action) and the examinee receives feedback about the new state of the task-environment (system output). The diagnostic components of the ITAB tests measure these changes per user step and analyzes: sequential aspects of the user actions The informational content of each new system state ITAB tests © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

ITAB: TEST REPORT The diagnostic components of the ITAB tests organize the many measurements into three scores that are intuitively accessible: WORK STYLE, INTELLIGENCE, and PSL Aptitude (shortly: ITAB score). The individual test reports provide these scores for prediction purposes as well as diagnosis of test performance that may help understanding and improving it. ITAB diagnostic components © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

work style itab intel- ligence ITAB test scores ITAB: TEST REPORT

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 work style itab intel- ligence ITAB test scores ITAB: TEST REPORT WORK STYLE and INTELLIGENCE are causative factors of the PSL aptitude (ITAB score)

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 solution steps e10 response time e11 ITAB test scores work style itab intel- ligence ITAB: TEST REPORT The ITAB score is based on the individuals interactions with the task environment.

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB test scores solution steps e10 response time e11 work style itab intel- ligence ITAB: TEST REPORT The WORK STYLE and INTELLIGENCE scores are based on further analysis of these interactions.

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 solution steps e10 response time e11 ITAB test scores work style itab intel- ligence ITAB: TEST REPORT

solution steps e10 response time e11 Uncertainty 02 e2 Uncertainty 01 e1 Prob. Success At Step 6 e3 Working Memory Errors e8 Partitioning Errors e7 Information Transfer (5) e6 Quality Problem Model e5 Strategy Use e4 © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB battery test work style itab (b) intel- ligence ITAB: TEST REPORT

ITAB hidden target test Consistency 2 e2 Consistency 1 e1 Guessing e3 Feedback Integration 2 e8 Feedback Integration 1 e7 Information Transfer 2 e6 Information Transfer 1 e5 Problem Solving e4 work style itab(h) intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB: TEST REPORT

© CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 Procedural Learning Aptitude Score prediction score Procedural Skill Learning Aptitude (fluid Intelligence) ITAB hidden target test

work style pka(h) intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 consistency 2 e2 consistency 1 e1 guessing e3 Feedback Integration 2 e8 Feedback Integration 1 e7 Information Transfer 2 e6 Information Transfer 1 e5 problem solving e4 diagnostic scores © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 consistent and careful work style efficiency of information processing ITAB hidden target test

work style itab(h) intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 work style itab(b) intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 ITAB structural identity © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB: TEST REPORT

work style itab(h) intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 work style itab intel- ligence solution steps e10 response time e11 ITAB structural identity © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB: TEST REPORT

ITAB test report AbilitiesNational Percentile Ranks ITAB score intelligence work style © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009 ITAB: TEST REPORT

Measurement claim:procedural skill learning (aspect of fluid intelligence) Number of tests:2 (HTT and BT) Administration time:10 minutes per test (average) Languages:English, Spanish, German, Dutch Test Publisher:CogniMetrics Inc. Published:March 2004 Price:see: bulk discounts negotiable Reliabilities:HTT (0.87 – 0.96) BT (0.85 – 0.92) ITAB(0.87 – 0.94) FOR MORE INFO... Research Reports will be send on request ITAB information ITAB: Technical Information © CogniMetrics Inc., 2009

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Interactive Task Environment: Complete interactivity is achieved by creating an internal representation of the task-environment. Artificial Intelligence technology is used to compute the intelligence of each step. RETURN © CogniMetrics, Inc., 2006 ITAB tests

Analysis of behavior sequences Unlike traditional tests, ITAB tests do not consists of items with a standard set of responses. The individual is free to act within the task-environment. The individual must produce a sequence of actions to achieve a goal, while using the feedback provided by the task-environment. Performance assessment is based on analysis of these action sequences. RETURN © CogniMetrics, Inc., 2006 ITAB tests