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Flores-Mendoza, Carmen; Widaman, Keith F.; Rindermann, Heiner; Primi, Ricardo; Mansur-Alves, Marcela; Pena, Carla Couto – Intelligence, 2013
Sex differences on the Attention Test (AC), the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), and the Brazilian Cognitive Battery (BPR5), were investigated using four large samples (total N=6780), residing in the states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. The majority of samples used, which were obtained from educational settings, could be considered a…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Task Analysis
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Karwowski, Maciej; Gralewski, Jacek – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2013
The threshold hypothesis (TH) assumes the existence of complex relations between creative abilities and intelligence: linear associations below 120 points of IQ and weaker or lack of associations above the threshold. However, diverse results have been obtained over the last six decades--some confirmed the hypothesis and some rejected it. In this…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Item Response Theory, Creativity, Creative Thinking
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Wicherts, Jelte M.; Dolan, Conor V.; Carlson, Jerry S.; van der Maas, Han L. J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This paper presents a systematic review of published data on the performance of sub-Saharan Africans on Raven's Progressive Matrices. The specific goals were to estimate the average level of performance, to study the Flynn Effect in African samples, and to examine the psychometric meaning of Raven's test scores as measures of general intelligence.…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Foreign Countries
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Ferrando, Pere J.; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2001
Describes how the nonlinear factor analytic approach of R. McDonald to the normal ogive curve can be used to factor analyze test scores. Discusses the conditions in which this model is more appropriate than the linear model and illustrates the applicability of both models using an empirical example based on data from 1,769 adolescents who took the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Factor Analysis, Scores