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- Title
Validation of a matrix reasoning task for mobile devices.
- Authors
Pahor, Anja; Stavropoulos, Trevor; Jaeggi, Susanne M.; Seitz, Aaron R.
- Abstract
Many cognitive tasks have been adapted for tablet-based testing, but tests to assess nonverbal reasoning ability, as measured by matrix-type problems that are suited to repeated testing, have yet to be adapted for and validated on mobile platforms. Drawing on previous research, we developed the University of California Matrix Reasoning Task (UCMRT)—a short, user-friendly measure of abstract problem solving with three alternate forms that works on tablets and other mobile devices and that is targeted at a high-ability population frequently used in the literature (i.e., college students). To test the psychometric properties of UCMRT, a large sample of healthy young adults completed parallel forms of the test, and a subsample also completed Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices and a math test; furthermore, we collected college records of academic ability and achievement. These data show that UCMRT is reliable and has adequate convergent and external validity. UCMRT is self-administrable, freely available for researchers, facilitates repeated testing of fluid intelligence, and resolves numerous limitations of existing matrix tests.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY of California (System); INTELLIGENCE tests; FLUID intelligence; MEDICAL logic; MOBILE operating systems; TEST validity; NONVERBAL ability
- Publication
Behavior Research Methods, 2019, Vol 51, Issue 5, p2256
- ISSN
1554-351X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13428-018-1152-2