Using specific conditions, a child must place all the players given in an analytic logic allocation problem into different groups. The child will be asked which players must, can or can’t be included in a particular group; how many players are included in each group; and the identity of players that must, can or can’t be in a group with certain other players.
Connection analytic problems present a child with a group of players that must be connected to specific conditions. He will be asked for information, such as the identity of players that must, can or can’t be connected to certain characteristics and the identity of players that must, can or can’t share the same characteristics of certain other players.
Analytic logic ordering problems ask a child to put players in a specific sequence within a specific structure based on a given list of rules. The questions ask for information, such as a player’s location in the sequence; locations where the player can or can’t be; names of players that might, must or can’t be next to or across from other players; names of players preceding or following a specified player in the sequence; or how many positions in the sequence are between two specified players.
When presented with an analytic logic selection problem, a child will pick one or more players to form a group from a larger list of players according to the rules presented regarding specific information given about each player. The questions asked include how many players might be eligible to be picked for the smaller group, the identity of the players that are required to be picked, the identity of the players either eligible or ineligible to be picked and which players must or can’t be selected if other specified players are picked. Selection problems differ from allocation problems because players that don’t fit the conditions are not used.