Abstract
Ravens Progressive Matrices has been widely used as a measure of
non-verbal cognitive ability (Flouri, Hickey, Mavroveli, & Hurry,
2010; Munaf, Ghaus-ur-Rehman, 1996; Rafnsson, Deary, Smith,
Whiteman, Rumley, Lowe, & Fowkes, 2007). To examine
psychometric properties, gender and social class differences on
Ravens Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) in Pakistan, SPM
was administered to 203 primary school children with an age range
of 8-11 years. The sample consisted of 112 girls and 91 boys from
Federal Govt. Schools of Rawalpindi (I = 101), Lahore (n = 49),
and Karachi (n = 53). Split half and test-retest reliability analysis
was also computed. To study social class and gender differences
among children on SPM one way ANOVA and t-test was used.
Results indicated Ravens Progressive Matrices as highly reliable
test of non-verbal cognitive ability for Pakistani primary school
children. In addition, results indicated non significant mean
differences between children’s’ cognitive performance from
various social classes, however, girls performed better on Ravens
as compared to boys. It is concluded that SPM is a reliable test for
Pakistani children. Implications and suggestions have been
discussed.
Syeda Shamama-tus-Sabah, Nighat Gilani, Rabia Iftikhar. (2012) Ravens Progressive Matrices: Psychometric evidence, gender and social class differences in middle childhood , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3 .
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