Culture Fair Intelligence Scale 3
Rosellnica BalasotoSpencer Gongon II-9 BS Psychology
Description
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A non-verbal paper test designed as a
culturally unbiased test to measure one’s
intelligence.
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Its goal is to measure one’s fluid
intelligence, analytical, and abstract
reasoning.
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The CFT 3 consists of two analogous
parts, A & B, constituting two separate
booklets. Each part includes four compound
tests.
Brief History of Development
• Raymond B. Cattell created the
CFIT or Culture Fair Intelligence Test. • argued that general
intelligence (g) exists and that it consists of fluid intelligence and
crystallized intelligence
Brief History of Development
EXAMPLE Crystallized intelligence (gc)
• involves knowledge that
comes from prior learning and past
experiences.
• based upon facts and
rooted in experiences
• becomes stronger as
Brief History of Development
EXAMPLE Fluid intelligence (gf)
• involves being able to
think and reason abstractly and solve problems. This ability
is considered independent of learning, experience,
Validation
Direct concept validity
• have reasonably high direct concept validity with respect to the concept of fluid
intelligence.
• measure loaded higher on the "General Intelligence" factor than it did on the
"Achievement" factor, which is consistent with the concept of the CFIT's being a measure of
Validation
Convergent validity
Mean I Test (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
96 Culture Fair Intelligence Test IQ (1) 1.00 .49 .69 .62 .63 .72
87 Otis Beta Test IQ (2) 1.00 .80 .69 .45 .66
90 Pinter Test IQ (3) 1.00 .81 .55 .79
92 WISC Verbal IQ (4) 1.00 .55 .79
93 WISC Performance IQ (5) 1.00 .79
Validity
• decreasing of scores with the age
• high correlations with the scores of fluid intelligence tests (Raven’s Matrices and
Raven’s Matrices Advanced),
• significant, but lower with crystallized intelligence tests (Omnibus, APIS, TRS-Z),
• correlation of CFT 3 scores with school grades in high school students.
Reliability
• entirely satisfactory internal consistency of the general score (Cronbach’s alpha .80),
• slightly lower, but satisfactory nevertheless of the part A (Cronbach’s alpha .77 – .81
depending on the sample).
• high test-retest reliability in adults, lower in high school students. The scores are
Norm
For high school students (3rd
graders), university students, adults
with higher education level – for the
overall score part A, and for the general
score (part A + part B).
Standardization
The standardized group for the scale 3
of the culture fair intelligence test was
comprised of 3140 people. This sample
included students from the American
High Schools and young adults from
all over the America.
Target Test Users and Test Takers
For people ages 13-17 and
superior adults
Strengths
1. Test is culturally fair and items do not favor
a particular cultural group
2. The task assesses the cognitive abilities
underlying intellectual behavior for all
groups;
3. The test accurately predicts
Strengths
4. Concerned with basic processes of
reasoning and other mental activities
that depend only minimally on learning
and acculturation
5. Everyone has had an equal opportunity to
learn and be exposed to the tasks in the tests
and its format
Criticisms
Critics reject the standardization of the culture fair intelligence test on solid grounds. They rightly claim that the sample was not fully representative. The standardization process has not even described percentages of women, African American, Americans and other sections of the population. Thus the whole
process of standardization is faulty and misleading.
Instructions
This test has four subsets.
Series
• Items: 13 items
• Allotted time: 3 minutes
Select the item that completes the series. The individual is presented with an incomplete,
Instructions
Classification
• Items: 14 items
• Allotted time: 4 minutes
Mark one item in each row that does not belong with the others. The individual must
correctly identify two figures, which are in some way, different from the others.
Instructions
Matrices
• Items: 13 items
• Allotted time: 3 minutes
Mark the item that correctly completes the given matrix of the pattern.
Instructions
Conditions
• Items: 13 items
• Allotted time: 3 minutes
It requires the individual to select on the five choices provided, that duplicates the conditions given in the far left box.
How to Administer
Materials:
• Kit (manual, 5 test booklets part A, 5 test
booklets part B, 25 answer sheets part A, 25 answer sheets part B)
• Manual
• Test booklet part A (5 copies)
• Test booklet part B (5 copies)
• Answer sheet part A (25 copies)
How to Administer
Easy to administer, can occur by groups or by individual
Total administration time: 30 minutes
Total number of items: 50 items
Answers can be marked in the test booklet or in a separate answer sheet
How to Score
1. Match answers with the answer key that is already available.
2. Calculate the correct answer from each subtest, and then compute the total score of
each correct answer on the value.
3. To determine the level of IQ, see table IQ norms and has been available
Sample Test Result
Identity Name: Reski Fazrian
Date of Birth: 28 August 1994
Age: 19 years
Gender: Male
Address: Perum. Sengkaling Kingdom Residen
ce B1, Malang, Jawa Timur. Indonesia
Sample Test Result
Row Value Classification IQ scores
Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CFIT)
Scores sub-test 1 Series: 62.
Scores sub-test 2 Classification: 63. Scores sub-test 3 Matrices: 64.
Scores sub-test 4 Topology: 5 Total Score: 23
Sample Test Result
