A STUDY OF INTELLIGENCE MEASURE USING RAVEN STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES TEST ITEMS BY PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine statistically the non verbal abilities of the individuals using Raven Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) test items. RSPM is a non verbal culture fair test that identifies non verbal reasoning abilities used in educational settings. RSPM was administered collectively (Group-class) for a representative sample of 268 adolescents/Boys and Girls. The sample is drawn through Gallup survey from Karachi University and Federal Urdu University, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi. The results of descriptive Statistics and Principal Components Analysis, 75% student having very sound intellectual capacity, as well also having visual perception, and continuation perception which are suitable designing- interior graphics