C.A.S. EDU

The C.A.S. Research Edition reflects the mission of the Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.) to expand access to research tools, promote interdisciplinary scholarship, and advance understanding of the relationships between technology, attention, cognition, governance, and society.

Created and owned by Delante Clark and administered by I.D.E.A.S., the Research Edition provides students, faculty, researchers, and educational institutions with a structured and academically focused research instrument designed to support evidence based inquiry and responsible scholarship.

By removing financial barriers, requiring proper attribution, and supporting rigorous research practices, C.A.S. Research seeks to contribute to the advancement of knowledge across sociology, psychology, public health, law, public policy, education, communications, and related fields.

Administered by the Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.)

Official Notice

The Cognitive Attentional Standards (C.A.S.) Research Edition is owned by Delante Clark and administered by the Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.) for academic and research purposes.

Access is restricted to approved academic users with a valid .edu email address. Users are currently limited to three assessments. No certifications, credentials, licenses, endorsements, or accreditations are issued through the platform. All outputs must be properly cited. Misuse of the platform may result in permanent account suspension and IP address bans.

The Cognitive Attentional Standards (C.A.S.) Research Edition is an academic assessment platform designed to support scholarly research, educational inquiry, and evidence based investigation into digital environments, attention, cognition, technology, governance, and society.

C.A.S. Research exists exclusively to support the academic community. The platform provides students, faculty, researchers, educational institutions, and research organizations with access to a structured research instrument capable of generating research-based analyses for scholarly use.

The Research Edition is not a commercial product and may not be used for commercial, consulting, legal, regulatory, certification, or credentialing purposes.

All intellectual property associated with the Cognitive Attentional Standards (C.A.S.) platform, including its methodologies, scoring systems, assessment models, written content, research outputs, trademarks, and technologies, remains the sole property of Delante Clark.

The Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.) serves as the academic steward and administrator of the C.A.S. Research Edition.

As steward of the Research Edition, I.D.E.A.S. is responsible for:

• Managing academic access
• Supporting educational and scholarly use
• Promoting responsible research practices
• Protecting platform integrity
• Encouraging interdisciplinary research
• Supporting students, researchers, and educators

The stewardship role of I.D.E.A.S. does not transfer ownership of C.A.S. or any associated intellectual property.

C.A.S. Research is intended exclusively for academic, educational, and scholarly research.

Permitted uses include:

• Academic research
• Educational instruction
• Student learning
• Research methodology training
• Scholarly investigation
• Evidence based analysis
• Conference presentations
• Academic publishing

The platform may not be used for:

• Commercial consulting
• Professional services
• Enterprise audits
• Legal determinations
• Regulatory decision-making
• Employment screening
• Professional certification
• Licensing decisions
• Commercial compliance reviews

All outputs generated through C.A.S. Research are intended for research and educational purposes only.

C.A.S. Research does not issue:

• Certifications
• Credentials
• Badges
• Endorsements
• Accreditations
• Professional licenses
• Regulatory approvals
• Compliance certifications

Assessment results should never be represented as certifications, official approvals, professional qualifications, or legal findings.

C.A.S. Research functions exclusively as an academic research instrument.

Access to the Research Edition is restricted to members of the academic community.

Users must register using a valid .edu email address.

Eligible users include:

• High school dual enrollment students
• Undergraduate students
• Graduate students
• Doctoral candidates
• Faculty members
• Academic researchers
• Research assistants
• Educational administrators
• University research centers
• Academic institutes and laboratories

I.D.E.A.S. reserves the right to verify academic affiliation and deny or revoke access when necessary.

To preserve equitable access and protect platform resources, users are currently limited to:

Three (3) Assessments Per Account

The assessment limit helps ensure broad access across the academic community while preventing abuse and excessive system utilization.

The C.A.S. Research Edition is provided free of charge to approved academic users.

The platform was created to expand access to research tools and to support scholarship regardless of institutional funding levels or personal financial resources.

Every assessment generated through C.A.S. Research automatically includes the official platform citation.

All users must retain and include the official citation whenever C.A.S. outputs are utilized in:

• Research papers
• Journal manuscripts
• Literature reviews
• Class assignments
• Capstone projects
• Research reports
• Conference papers
• Conference presentations
• Posters
• Master's theses
• Doctoral dissertations
• Academic publications

Official Citation

Clark, D. (2026). Cognitive Attentional Standards (C.A.S.) Research Edition [Research assessment platform]. Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.).

In-Text Citation

(Clark, 2026)

Proper attribution is required to preserve academic integrity and methodological transparency.

C.A.S. Research may be used across numerous academic disciplines, including:

• Sociology
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Law and Legal Studies
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Political Science
• Communications
• Media Studies
• Education
• Information Science
• Technology Studies
• Human Computer Interaction
• Behavioral Science
• Civic Technology Research

Examples include:

• Public health research examining how digital environments influence health information consumption and behavioral outcomes.
• Psychology research exploring attention, cognition, decision-making, and engagement patterns.
• Sociology research assessing the social impacts of technology on individuals, groups, and institutions.
• Law and legal studies research examining digital governance, platform accountability, and emerging regulatory issues.
• Public policy research evaluating technology governance and societal impacts.
• Educational research examining digital learning environments and student interactions with technology.
• Communications and media studies research analyzing information exposure, media influence, and audience engagement.

All use of the platform must remain educational, academic, and research oriented.

C.A.S. Research is designed primarily as a research instrument.

While generated PDF reports contain complete findings, scores, analyses, and documentation, users may wish to improve formatting before publication or presentation.

Tools such as:

• Claude
• Microsoft Copilot
• ChatGPT
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Word

may be used to clean, organize, and professionally format reports while preserving the original assessment findings, methodology, and citation information.

Users remain responsible for ensuring that any edited report accurately reflects the original C.A.S. results.

Users are expected to maintain the highest standards of scholarly conduct.

Researchers should:

• Accurately report findings
• Preserve required citations
• Avoid misrepresentation of results
• Follow institutional research policies
• Adhere to ethical research standards
• Use platform outputs responsibly

The purpose of C.A.S. Research is to support rigorous, transparent, and reproducible scholarship.

The Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science (I.D.E.A.S.), as the authorized academic steward of the C.A.S. Research Edition, reserves the right to investigate suspected misuse and take appropriate action to protect the integrity of the platform, the research process, and the academic community it serves.

Examples of misuse include:

• Providing false academic credentials
• Registering without qualifying academic affiliation
• Sharing accounts with unauthorized users
• Attempting to bypass assessment limitations
• Removing required citations
• Commercial use of Research Edition outputs
• Misrepresenting research findings
• Representing results as certifications or official approvals
• Automated scraping, harvesting, or abuse of platform resources

Violations may result in:

• Immediate account suspension
• Permanent account termination
• Permanent IP address bans
• Revocation of future access privileges
• Denial of future registration requests