Assessment packages

Existing assessments are m2c2kit assessments that have been programmed by others, such as these. Assessments authored by the m2c2 project are distributed in the form of packages on NPM, the world's largest software registry.

The first step in deploying existing assessments is to decide what assessments you want to use. Specifically, for each assessment, you need its package name and version.

Assessment package name

Each assessment has a unique package name. Our assessment package names take the format of @m2c2kit/assessment-<name of the assessment>.

Assessment	Package name
Symbol Search	`@m2c2kit/assessment-symbol-search`
Grid Memory	`@m2c2kit/assessment-grid-memory`
Color Shapes	`@m2c2kit/assessment-color-shapes`
Color Dots	`@m2c2kit/assessment-color-dots`

To list the m2c2kit assessments and versions available on NPM, make sure you have installed the m2c2kit CLI. Then:

m2 static-site --list

You will see output similar to this:

@m2c2kit/assessment-symbol-search:
  description: A speeded continuous performance test of conjunctive feature search in which respondents identify matching symbol pairs as quickly and as accurately as they can
  latest version: 0.8.19 (2024-08-16T19:21:09.927Z)
  versions: 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10, 0.8.11, 0.8.12, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.16, 0.8.17, 0.8.18, 0.8.19

@m2c2kit/assessment-grid-memory:
  description: A visuospatial working memory task, with delayed free recall. After a brief exposure and short distraction phase, participants report the location of dots on a grid
  latest version: 0.8.19 (2024-08-16T19:21:10.035Z)
  versions: 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10, 0.8.11, 0.8.12, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.16, 0.8.17, 0.8.18, 0.8.19

@m2c2kit/assessment-color-shapes:
  description: A visual array change detection task, measuring intra-item feature binding, where participants determine if shapes change color across two sequential presentations of shape stimuli
  latest version: 0.8.19 (2024-08-16T19:21:10.044Z)
  versions: 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10, 0.8.11, 0.8.12, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.16, 0.8.17, 0.8.18, 0.8.19

@m2c2kit/assessment-color-dots:
  description: A cued-recall, item-location memory binding task, where after viewing 3 dots for a brief period of time, participants report: (1) the color at a cued location; (2) the location of a cued color
  latest version: 0.8.19 (2024-08-16T19:21:10.046Z)
  versions: 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10, 0.8.11, 0.8.12, 0.8.13, 0.8.14, 0.8.15, 0.8.16, 0.8.17, 0.8.18, 0.8.19

Assessment versions

Assessments on NPM are immutable: once a package is published with a name and version, it cannot be changed. Thus, NPM provides excellent reproducibility. Even if an assessment is updated at a later date, it must be given a new version. The prior version will remain available.

Unless you have a special reason, it's best to use the latest version of a package.

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