Abstract
Zusammenfassung. 1968 stellte Baddeley ein ebenso schlichtes wie ökonomisches Instrument zur Erfassung von verbalem reasoning bzw. des logischen Schlussfolgerns auf Grundlage grammatikalischer Transformationen vor, welches eine Fähigkeitseinschätzung in nur 3 Minuten erlaubt (Baddeley, 1968). Aufgrund grammatikalischer Besonderheiten der englischen Sprache ließ sich dieser bis heute angewandte Test (z. B. Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2008) jedoch nicht direkt übertragen. Wir stellen in diesem Artikel die deutschsprachige Weiterentwicklung des ursprünglichen Verfahrens vor. Der mini-q wurde von einer Stichprobe von insgesamt 478 Probanden, teils mit weiteren Intelligenzmaßen, bearbeitet. Item- und Skalenstatistiken belegen die Güte des mini-q. Die Ergebnisse zur Reliabilität und zur faktoriellen, konvergenten und kriterialen Validität zeigen, dass die deutsche Weiterentwicklung eine recht genaue Einschätzung von speeded reasoning in kurzer Zeit erlaubt. Der mini-q eignet sich damit als Screeningverfahren zentraler kognitiver Fähigkeiten in Erhebungskontexten, in denen wenig Testzeit zur Verfügung steht und/oder in denen kognitive Fähigkeiten zur Kontrolle miterhoben werden sollen.
Abstract. In 1968, Baddeley presented a straightforward and economic reasoning test based on grammatical transformations that allows one to assess verbal reasoning in 3 min (Baddeley, 1968) and is still in use today (e. g., Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham, 2008). Owing to grammatical peculiarities of the English language, a direct translation has not been achieved. We describe the development of Baddeley’s original test for the German language, which was tested on 478 persons, along with other intelligence measures. Item and scale statistics support the validity of the mini-q. The test proved reliable and valid regarding factor structure and numerous convergent and divergent criteria, yielding evidence that the German version allows speeded reasoning to be assessed accurately in a short time. As a screening for cognitive abilities, the mini-q is particularly useful where time constraints preclude the use of more sophisticated instruments and/or where cognitive abilities are assessed as a control variable.
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