himmelstein-cognitive_reflection-2025

8,244 responses from 1,188 respondents to 7 items.

About this table

DescriptionThis dataset measures the tendency to override intuitive answers using the 7-item Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT).
ReferenceHimmelstein, Mark, Sophie Ma Zhu, Nikolay Petrov, Ezra Karger, Jessica Helmer, Sivan Livnat, Amory Bennett, Page Hedley, and Phil Tetlock. “The Forecasting Proficiency Test: A General Use Assessment of Forecasting Ability”. PsyArXiv, November 23, 2025. doi:10.31234/osf.io/a7kdx_v8.
DOI10.31234/osf.io/a7kdx_v8
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Source datahttps://github.com/forecastingresearch/fpt/tree/main/data_cognitive_tasks

Size and shape

Responses8,244
Respondents1,188
Items7
Response categories2
Responses per respondent6.939
Responses per item1177.714
Density0.991
LongitudinalTRUE

Classification

age rangeAdult (18+)
construct typeBehavioral
measurement toolTest
item formatLikert Scale/selected response
primary language(s)eng
construct nameTendency to override intuitive answers using the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT)

Item text

This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.

InstrumentThis dataset measures the tendency to override intuitive answers using the 7-item Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT).
Mean words per item36.429
Mean characters per item178.714
Mean characters per responseNaN
Flesch-Kincaid grade level3.595

Columns

cov_session_ididitemrespwave

Get the data

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Or load it directly in R or Python:

# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("himmelstein-cognitive_reflection-2025")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("himmelstein-cognitive_reflection-2025")

Version and provenance

IRW versionv393
Redivis datasetitem_response_warehouse_2 v19.0
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/qtx5-4m80
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv19.0
Metadata sourceirw_meta v23.0