APM. ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES
Author:
J.C. Raven
Polish standardization:
Aleksandra Jaworowska, Teresa Szustrowa (1991)
Age:
Adolescents and adults of above-average intelligence.
Procedure:
Group administration, although individual administration is also practicable Standardized in Poland as an efficiency test (limited testing time: series I – 5’, series II – 30’).
Test users:
Psychologists (MA in psychology required)
Category:
C – for psychologists only
The test measures general intelligence understood as fluid intelligence.
DESCRIPTION: The APM consist of two sets of items: I – 12 practice items, II – test proper, 36 items. The items have the form of incomplete patterns (matrices) and the subject has to find the missing fragment from the set of provided pieces.
RELIABILITY: Satisfactory internal consistency.
VALIDITY: Significant correlations with school grades.
NORMS: For adolescents aged 13-19 (Polish national sample); for good students.
APPLICATIONS: Primary for selection in all those cases where it is necessary to select persons with exceptional intellectual efficiency.
MATERIALS:
• Kit (manual with Polish normalization, set of two original manuals, 5 test booklets II, scoring key, 25 answer sheets)
• Manual with Polish normalization
• Manual for Raven’s Progressive Matrices. 1 General Overview
• Manual for Raven’s Progressive Matrices. 4 Advanced Progressive Matrices
• Test booklets I (5 copies)
• Test booklets Set II (5 copies)
• Answer sheets (25 copies)
• Scoring key
Please note: All of our tests are published in Polish. There are not available other language versions of our tools.
