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The Raven Progressive Matrices: A Review of National Norming Studies and Ethnic and Socioeconomic Variation Within the United States
Author(s) -
Raven John
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1989.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - raven's progressive matrices , ethnic group , variation (astronomy) , socioeconomic status , test (biology) , demography , psychology , sociology , anthropology , cognition , population , physics , neuroscience , astrophysics , paleontology , biology
In this paper, some recent results relating to the stability o f scores on the Raven Progressive Matrices Test for different subgroups within and between the United Kingdom, the United States, and other Western societies are summarised. Subsequent sections deal with variation over time. A possible explanation for the variation in norms over time and between ethnic groups within the United States is offered.