Watson Glaser

The Watson Glaser critical thinking aptitude test is an assessment tool and type of critical thinking test designed by Watson Glaser to measure an individual's critical or logical thinking skills.

The Watson Glaser test measures a candidate's abilities in:

• Drawing inferences: the ability to evaluate the validity of inferences drawn from a series of factual statements.
• Recognising assumptions: the ability to identify unstated assumptions or presuppositions in a series of assertive statements.
• Argument evalutation: the ability to determine whether certain conclusions necessarily follow from the information in given statements or premises.
• Deductive reasoning: the ability to weigh evidence and deciding if generalisations or conclusions based on the given data are warranted.
• Logical interpretation: the ability to distinguish between arguments that are strong and relevant and those that are weak or irrelevant to a particular question at issue.

Co-norming

The Watson-Glaser test has been co-normed on a sample of over 1,500 respondents representative of graduate level candidates. You will be judged against this respondent group when you sit the test.

Test timing

Most people complete the Watson Glaser test within 50 minutes (approximately 10 minutes per sub-test). Tests administrators normally allow candidates one hour to complete the test.

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