The model of hierarchical complexity is a framework, developed by Michael Commons and Francis Richards in the early 1980s, for scoring how complex a behavior is, such as verbal reasoning or another cognitive task. It quantifies the order of hierarchical complexity of a task based on mathematical principles describing how the information involved in that task is organized, in the terms of information science.
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Core ClaimThe complexity of a cognitive task, such as verbal reasoning, can be objectively scored using a mathematical order of hierarchical complexity based on how information is organized, rather than relying only on descriptive developmental stages. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Model of Hierarchical Complexity
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It quantifies the order of hierarchical complexity of a task based on mathematical principles of how the information is organized, in terms of information science.
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