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The Short And Free Reasoning Ability assessmeNt (SAFRAN): Multidimensional, publicly available and only 15 minutes testing time

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  • Mussel, Patrick
  • Schäpers, Philipp
  • Schulte, Niklas
  • Hewig, Johannes
  • Krumm, Stefan

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The assessment of cognitive abilities is one of the cornerstones of psychological diagnostics. However, most assessments are expensive in terms of both testing time and money and, thus, not conducted as often as they could be, relating to both research as well as applied settings. Here, we report about the development of a new reasoning ability test, the Short And Free Reasoning Ability assessmeNt (SAFRAN). As its name suggests, it assesses reasoning ability in a short time and is free to use. Additionally, using a slightly modified testing procedure, the SAFRAN allows for the assessment of lower order, content-specific reasoning ability factors. We evaluate the SAFRAN across seven samples (total N = 920) with respect to correlations with demographic variables, reliability, internal and external construct-related validity as well as criterion-related validity. Among others, results show that both the reasoning factor as well as content-specific ability factors converge with corresponding indicators from traditional intelligence tests. Thus, the SAFRAN could be a useful instrument for the assessment of multidimensional reasoning ability in situations where resources in terms of time or money are limited.

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  • Mussel, Patrick & Schäpers, Philipp & Schulte, Niklas & Hewig, Johannes & Krumm, Stefan, 2025. "The Short And Free Reasoning Ability assessmeNt (SAFRAN): Multidimensional, publicly available and only 15 minutes testing time," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:intell:v:112:y:2025:i:c:s0160289625000509
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2025.101947
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