Digital Age Ethics Test

The Digital Age Ethics Test measures ethical decision-making across digital behavior contexts through timed scenario responses. It assesses the consistency of ethical judgment across five categories: online privacy, AI usage, copyright, social media responsibility, and digital citizenship. How It Works: - You'll see 15 scenarios, one at a time - Each describes a real-world digital situation with two response options - You have 5 seconds per scenario to select a response - Time pressure reflects the conditions under which most digital decisions are made in practice What Gets Measured: - Overall ethics score — proportion of responses aligned with the ethically defensible option across all scenarios - Category breakdown — score distribution across privacy, AI usage, copyright, social media, and citizenship scenarios - Consistency — whether your judgment holds across domains or varies by context The Science: This test uses a situational judgment test (SJT) format, an approach with strong psychometric support for assessing ethical decision-making. Validated SJTs in engineering ethics have demonstrated internal consistency around α = 0.82 and stable test-retest reliability. Digital ethics instruments in educational research show similar internal consistency (α = 0.88–0.99). Benchmarks: Scores in the 70–85% range reflect consistent ethical judgment across domains. Above 85% is exceptional. Scores below 60% suggest domain-specific gaps worth exploring. Limitations: This test measures stated ethical preferences under artificial time pressure, not actual behavior. Response selection in a low-stakes testing context may not reflect choices made in real situations where social, professional, or personal consequences are present. Ethical standards across the five categories vary by jurisdiction and cultural context. Results should be interpreted as an indicator of ethical awareness rather than a measure of ethical character.