The shortened Raven Standard Progressive Matrices: item response theory-based psychometric analyses and normative data

Assessment. 2013 Feb;20(1):48-59. doi: 10.1177/1073191111415999. Epub 2011 Aug 1.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the Raven Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) under an item response theory framework (the one- and two-parameter logistic models). The shortened Raven SPM was administered to N = 453 cognitively healthy adults aged between 24 and 83 years. The IQ point estimates that were obtained under the one- and two-parameter logistic models were very similar (r = .97), but the two-parameter logistic-based test version had a higher measurement precision. The results showed that older age and being female were associated with a lower Raven SPM test performance. A user-friendly computer program was provided to facilitate the scoring and norming of the shortened Raven SPM under the different frameworks.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / psychology*
  • Cognition*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intelligence Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Mathematical Computing
  • Middle Aged
  • Netherlands
  • Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data*
  • Reference Values
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sex Factors
  • Software