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ANALOGIES TEST [3 records]

Record 1 2000-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A test of ability to supply or to recognize the fourth term which bears the same relation to the third as the second does to the first: e.g., banana is to peel as oyster is to what?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

This IQ test measures several factors of intelligence, namely logical reasoning, math skills and general knowledge. It also measures your ability to classify things according to various attributes, and to see analogies and relations among concepts or things. It doesn’t take into consideration verbal, social, or emotional intelligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

(Condition) influençant la différence entre les capacités cognitives.

OBS

Sparman, par ex., analysant les performances des mêmes sujets à plusieurs tests d'intelligence, trouve, après le traitement statistique des intercorrélations, un facteur général d'intelligence (facteur g.) à côté duquel ont été dégagés des facteurs spécifiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

... [a] 50 item paper-pencil test measuring general learning ability in verbal, spatial and numerical reasoning to predict ability to adjust to complex and rapidly changing job requirements and ability to complete complex job training. The test also measures potential turnover and dissatisfaction on routinized or simplex labor intensive jobs. Test items include Analogies, Analysis of geometric Figures, Arithmetic Problems, Disarranged Sentences, Sentence Parallelism with Proverbs, Similarities, Logic, Definitions, Judgment, Direction Following, and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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