The Critical Thinking Strategies quiz exercises a person’s critical thinking skills. It is not a test of content knowledge. Instead, it targets the skills people need for rational problem-solving and decision-making. The questions provide information and context. Those taking the quiz apply their critical thinking skills to reason to the best choice from among those offered. Results are reported as an overall score and as scores on multiple skill dimensions:

• OVERALL Reasoning Skills
• Reasoning in Ambiguous and Uncertain Contexts
• Reasoning in Logically Precise Contexts
• Analytical and Interpretive Reasoning
• Evaluative and Explanatory Reasoning
• Reasoning in Numerical and Quantitative Contexts

Your qualitative and numerical OVERALL score and your scores on each skill can be downloaded as a PDF after the quiz is completed.  Numerical scores range from 60 to 100 on this quiz. Qualitative scores go from “Not Manifested” to “Superior.”

After completing the quiz, you can compare your OVERALL score to the OVERALL scores of more than 1500 others who have completed this same quiz.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. After completing the quiz, many people are curious about how their specific skill scores compares scores of others.  Looking at the 1500 recently completed quizzes, here is what we’re seeing. About half the people score strong or superior in Reasoning in Uncertainty and Evaluative Reasoning. Only two of ten people score that well on Analytical Reasoning. Six out of ten people demonstrate moderate or weak analytical skills.  Six of ten people score weak or not manifested in Quantitative Reasoning. And seven out of ten score weak or not manifested in Reasoning with Precision.  What are your critical thinking skill strengths and weaknesses? Take the quiz to find out. 

To strengthen specific critical thinking skills, use the corresponding Skill Builder.

For Analytical Reasoning — Analysis and Interpretation Level 1: Verbal Communications and Credibility

For Quantitative Reasoning — Analysis and Interpretation Level 2: Numeric Communications and Graphics

For Reasoning with Precision and Evaluation —  Reasoning in Precise Contexts Level 1: Achieving Certainty

For Reasoning with Precision and Evaluation —  Reasoning in Precise Contexts Level 2: Logical Fallacies

For Reasoning in Uncertainty and Evaluation — Reasoning in Ambiguous Contexts Level 1: Best Explanation

For Reasoning in Uncertainty and Evaluation — Reasoning in Ambiguous Contexts Level 2: Beguiling Fallacies

For more on the scoring and for suggestions about which Skill Builders and Deep Dives connect with each of the skill dimensions on this quiz, download the “CT Strategies Debrief and Personal Development” PDF.