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Concurrent Validity of the standard progressive matrices for Hispanic and nonHispanic and seventh‐grade students
Author(s) -
Powers Stephen,
Barkan Jerry H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198610)23:4<333::aid-pits2310230402>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , concurrent validity , test (biology) , test validity , developmental psychology , reading (process) , academic achievement , achievement test , raven's progressive matrices , nonverbal communication , clinical psychology , mathematics education , psychometrics , standardized test , cognition , paleontology , neuroscience , internal consistency , biology , political science , law
Correlations between the Standard Progressive Matrices test (SPM) and the California Achievement Test, Reading, Language, and Mathematics Tests were examined for 99 Hispanic and 93 nonHispanic Caucasian seventh‐grade students in the Southwest. All correlations were highly significant, indicating concurrent validity of the SPM. Correlations computed separately for Hispanic and nonHispanic students also were compared; those differences were not significant. This evidence supports the continued use of the SPM as a measure of nonverbal intellectual ability for Hispanic and nonHispanic students.