Raven's Advance Progressive Matrices Assignment

Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices
The advanced form of the matrices more items (48), presented as one set of 12 (set
I), and another of 36 (set II). Items are presented in black on a white background
similar to the standard version, and also becomes increasingly difficult throughout
the test. These items are suitable for adults and adolescents of above-average
intelligence. You can take a free logical reasoning test to get a taste of what
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In 1998, "parallel" forms of both the standard and colored progressive matrices
were constructed and published. This had become necessary as the Raven's Matrices
got too well known, i.e., the correct answers could easily be found before taking
the test. Additionally, a revised version was also published of the standard test
called the SPM - the Standard Progressive Matrices Plus – with more difficult items
replacing some of the parallel ones. Because of these psychometric characteristics
this version is able to differentiate better among respondents.
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Raven, J. C. (1936). Mental tests used in genetic studies: The performance of
related individuals on tests mainly educative and mainly reproductive. MSc Thesis,
University of London
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Uses
The tests were developed for research purposes. Because of their independence of
language and reading and writing skills, and the simplicity of their use and
interpretation, they quickly found widespread practical application. For example,
all entrants to the British armed forces from 1942 onwards took a twenty-minute
version of the SPM, and potential officers took a specially adapted version as part
of British War Office Selection Boards. The routine administration of what became
the Standard Progressive Matrices to all entrants (conscripts) to many military
services throughout the world (including the Soviet Union) continued at least until
the present century. It was by bringing together these data that James R. Flynn was
able to place the intergenerational increase in scores beyond reasonable doubt.[5]
Flynn's path-breaking publications on IQ gains around the world have led to the
phenomenon of the gains being known as the Flynn effect. Among Robert L.
Thorndike[6] and other researchers who preceded Flynn in finding evidence of IQ
score gains was John Raven,[7] reporting on studies with the RPM.
A 2007 study provided evidence that individuals with Asperger syndrome, a high-
functioning autism spectrum disorder, score higher than other individuals on
Raven's tests.[8] Another 2007 study provided evidence that individuals with
classic autism, a low-functioning autism spectrum disorder, score higher in Raven's
tests than in Wechsler tests. In addition, the individuals with classic autism were
providing correct answers to the Raven's test in less time than individuals without
autism, although erring as often.[9][10]
Internal Consistency Reliability
The internal consistency reliability estimate for the Advanced Progressive Matrices
(APM) total
raw score was .85 in the standardization sample of 929 individuals. (See the
Appendix for more
details regarding the composition of the sample.) This reliability estimate for the
revised APM
indicates that the total raw score on the APM possesses “good” internal consistency
reliability
as provided in the guidelines of the U.S. Department of Labor (1999, p. 3–3) for
interpreting a
reliability coefficient.
Content Validity
In an employment setting, evidence of content validity exists when an assessment

includes a
representative sample of tasks, behaviors, knowledge, skills, abilities, or other

characteristics
necessary to perform the job. Evidence of content validity is usually gathered

through job
analysis.
The APM has been widely used for decades as a measure of eductive ability—“the
ability to
evolve high-level constructs which make it easier to think about complex situations
and events”
(Raven, Raven, & Court, 1998a, p. G8). In an extensive analysis of the cognitive
processes that
distinguish between higher-scoring and lower-scoring examinees on the Standard

Progressive
Matrices (SPM) and the APM, Carpenter, Just, and Shell (1990) described the Raven’s
Progressive Matrices as “a classic test of analytic intelligence … the ability to

reason and solve
problems involving new information, without relying extensively on an explicit base

of
declarative knowledge derived from either schooling or previous experience” (p.

404). In an
employment setting, evidence of the content-related validity of the APM should be

established
by demonstrating that the jobs for which the APM is to be used require the problem
solving skills
Problem structure and scoring sheet

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Internal Consistency Reliability

In an employment setting, evidence of content validity exists when an assessment

representative sample of tasks, behaviors, knowledge, skills, abilities, or other

necessary to perform the job. Evidence of content validity is usually gathered

distinguish between higher-scoring and lower-scoring examinees on the Standard

Progressive Matrices as “a classic test of analytic intelligence … the ability to

problems involving new information, without relying extensively on an explicit base

declarative knowledge derived from either schooling or previous experience” (p.

employment setting, evidence of the content-related validity of the APM should be

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