V Skill HF-D1.2-004 transversal 10 skills
Critical thinking and source evaluation
Tests claims for logic, evidence and the interest of the source and thereby distinguishes facts from opinions and assumptions.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Competency Check, Work sample test
- Competency (50-framework)
- Judgment
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Asks what a claim is based on and checks whether the source is named and can be found. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Detects fallacies and selective evidence in reports and states which conclusion the data do support. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Sets the assessment criteria for sources and claims, including for texts made by artificial intelligence, and enforces them organisation wide. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Recognising logical fallacies Logical fallacies · Faulty reasoning | Points out in an argument where the conclusion does not follow and names the fallacy involved. | rising |
| V | Separating facts from opinions Fact versus opinion | Marks in a text or conversation what is verifiable fact and what is opinion, impression or assumption. | rising |
| V | Assessing source reliability Source evaluation · Source criticism | Assesses origin, currency and evidence base of a source before its content is adopted. | rising |
| V | Recognising interests behind a source Conflict of interest · Source bias | Checks who produced a source and what interest that party has in the message. | rising |
| V | Spotting statistical misdirection Misleading statistics · Chart deception | Sees when axes, base numbers or selections in figures or charts give a distorted picture. | rising |
| V | Appraising research quality Critical appraisal · Study quality | Assesses design, sample and analysis of a study and decides how much weight its outcome deserves. | rising |
| V | Fact checking claims Fact checking · Misinformation detection | Checks a claim against independent sources and records what is and is not correct. | rising |
| V | Exposing assumptions in an argument Hidden assumptions · Premise testing | Exposes the unspoken assumptions on which an argument rests and tests whether they hold. | rising |
| V | Tracing a claim to its primary source Source tracing · Primary source check | Follows a claim back through intermediate publications to the original study or document. | rising |
| V | Verifying AI output for accuracy AI output verification · Hallucination check | Checks texts, figures and references from a language model against the source before they are used. | rising |