General Information
For this project I researched the Raven’s Progressive Matrices test, or the RPM, as well as the Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices test, and a bit on the Colored Progressive Matrices test. The RPM was developed by John C. Raven in 1936 and it was first published in 1938. The Advanced Matrices was published in 1947 for the British War Office Selection Boards because they needed more advanced tests to be developed. Since then, various versions have been updated and published throughout the years. There are three versions of the test as stated before; there is the Standard Progressive Matrices, the Colored Progressive Matrices, and the Advanced Progressive Matrices. Currently the test is published by Pearson and the entire kit including all three versions of the test, is around $900 to purchase (Pearson). Answer sheets can cost anywhere from $30 to $53, depending on how many in a packet is offered and for which section of the test the answer sheet is for.
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According to the Raven’s test manual, the advanced test has two parts to it. There is a total of 48 items on the test. Set I contains sets of 12 items each. The items get progressively more difficult with each set. Set II contains 36 items and is more difficult than set I. It is a nonverbal, multiple choice, test used for all ages but is typically used in educational settings. The test itself measures reasoning abilities and it also tests general intelligence. While taking the test, the examinee is asked to identify a missing piece that completes a pattern to a puzzle and the patterns are presented in 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 matrices, there are two examples of questions on the test below.
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