+xHello,
I’m working on a research study where we want to administer online versions of the D-KEFS color word interference and verbal fluency tests since we are recruiting nationally. Has anyone ever programmed these tasks in Millisecond? If not, do you think it's feasible?
Thanks!
It's certainly
technically feasible. Color word interference is just one variation of a classic Stroop task, of which there are many (
https://www.millisecond.com/download/library/stroop ). Verbal fluency in its original form requires spoken utterances, that's still possible to do technically, but likely cannot be scored automatically. You'd have to validate and score recordings after the fact.
As far as I am aware, the D-KEFS is a propretary test battery, with the copyright held by NCS Pearson. So you would not be allowed to create, distribute, and administer exact copies without express permission from the copyright holder. You
may be able to create similar tasks, that have different wording ot instructions, use different imagery, stimulus sets, have different structure -- just like the tests comprising the D-KEFS are adaptations of and/or based on well-known pre-existing tests (like the Stroop) D-KEFS norming and validation data, of course, would not be applicable to different, albeit similar tasks.
The above should not be considered legal advice, I am not a lawyer. This merely reflects my own, limited understanding.