🧩AXIS360 Instrument

Critical Thinking Assessment

Measures reasoning quality and argument evaluation, not just raw cognitive speed

Built on the Watson-Glaser tradition of critical thinking assessment, this instrument measures argument evaluation, inference quality, and assumption recognition — the specific reasoning skills that separate genuinely sound judgement from fast pattern-matching, particularly relevant for strategic, analytical and senior decision-making roles.

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40
Items
~30 min
Completion time
5
Reasoning sub-skills
Watson-Glaser
Tradition
What

What's included

✓40 items covering inference, assumption recognition, deduction, interpretation and argument evaluation
✓Distinct from general cognitive ability — measures reasoning quality, not just processing speed
✓Particularly predictive for strategic, analytical, legal and senior leadership roles
✓Percentile scoring against a professional norm sample
✓Item-level review showing specific reasoning-error patterns
Why

Why this matters

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Cognitive ability tests measure how fast and accurately someone processes information, but not whether they reason well under ambiguity — evaluating evidence quality, spotting logical fallacies, and avoiding cognitive biases are distinct skills that predict judgement quality in senior, strategic and analytical roles specifically.
Ideal For
Strategic, analytical, legal, and senior leadership roles where the quality of judgement under ambiguity matters more than raw processing speed.
How

How it works

1
Candidate completes 40 timed critical-thinking items
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AXIS360 scores across 5 reasoning sub-skills plus a composite
3
Report shows percentile rank and specific reasoning-error patterns

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Using results responsibly. Assessment results describe tendencies and preferences at the time of testing; they are one input to a decision, not a verdict. Use them alongside a structured interview, work samples and references, tell candidates how their results will be used, and avoid treating any single score as a pass or fail line unless it has been validated for that purpose in your own setting.

Frequently asked questions

Isn't this the same as the Cognitive Ability Battery?
No — CAB measures processing speed and accuracy across numerical, verbal and abstract domains; this instrument measures the quality of reasoning itself (spotting flawed assumptions, evaluating evidence strength), a related but distinct construct particularly relevant for strategic and analytical judgement.
Is this related to the Watson-Glaser test?
It follows the same critical-thinking assessment tradition established by Watson & Glaser's original work, measuring comparable reasoning sub-skills through an independently constructed item set.

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