It measures the general intelligence understood as the fluid intelligence. The tasks require inductive reasoning based on a geometric material. Intended for above-average intelligent people.
The CFT 3 consists of two analogous parts, A & B, constituting two separate booklets. Each part includes four compound tests. There are only closed ended tasks which consist in choosing correct answers from options given. The answers are to be written down in a self-copying sheet which includes a key. One can use both parts of the CFT 3, or the part A only.
Materials:
- Kit (manual, 5 test booklets part A, 5 test booklets part B, 25 answer sheets part A, 25 answer sheets part B)
- Manual
- Test booklet part A (5 copies)
- Test booklet part B (5 copies)
- Answer sheet part A (25 copies)
- Answer sheet part B (25 copies)
CFT 3 informs about the intellectual capability of the examinee. It is thus especially useful, when the goal of the diagnosis lies in prognosing success in new areas requiring attainment of new competencies. It can be recommended in vocational selection and vocational counseling in schools. Because of the considerable difficulty of the tasks, it is suited for prognosing success in higher levels of education and functioning in the job positions which require a high degree of intellectual competence.
Reliability
Entirely satisfactory internal consistency of the general score (Cronbach’s alpha .80), slightly lower, but satisfactory nevertheless of the part A (Cronbach’s alpha .77 – .81 depending on the sample). High test-retest reliability in adults, lower in high school students. The scores are significantly better after 3 weeks.
Validity
The validity of the CFT 3 as a test measuring fluid intelligence proved by: decreasing of scores with the age, high correlations with the scores of fluid intelligence tests (Raven’s Matrices and Raven’s Matrices Advanced), significant, but lower, with crystallized intelligence tests (OMNIBUS, APIS, TRS-Z), correlation of CFT 3 scores with school grades in high school students.
Norms
For high school students (3rd graders), university students, adults with higher education level – for the overall score part A, and for the general score (part A + part B).
The test is also available as an online examination on the Epsilon Platform and as an option for entering and calculating scores from the paper-and-pencil version on the Epsilon Platform.
Uprawnienia do zakupu i stosowania danego testu zależą od jego kategorii, wyznaczonej zgodnie z kategoryzacją Komisji do Spraw Testów Psychologicznych działającej z ramienia Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego.
CFT 3 jest narzędziem kategorii C.
C – testy wyłącznie dla psychologów
Wymagane kwalifikacje:
- Ukończone studia magisterskie z psychologii – wymagane przedłożenie kopii dyplomu
- Osoby, które mają tytuł doktora psychologii, a nie ukończyły studiów psychologicznych, mogą kupować testy wyłącznie do celów naukowych – wymagany dyplom doktorski wraz z oświadczeniem informującym, że test będzie stosowany tylko do celów naukowych.
