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Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities

Official journal of Universiti Putra Malaysia for scholarly work across the social sciences, humanities and related interdisciplinary fields.

e-ISSN 2231-8534 ISSN 0128-7702
Research article

Psychometric Properties of Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices with a Sample of Malaysian Youth

Ahmad Zamri Khairani, Mohd Effendi@Ewan Mohd Matore and Mohd Zahuri Khairani

Keywords Malaysia, problem-solving, Rasch model, Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices, reasoning ability
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Abstract

The Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) is considered as one of the most successful measure of general intelligence, particularly the problem-solving and reasoning abilities. However, despite of this, there is no attempt to assess its psychometric properties in Malaysia. To bridge this shortage, the present study assessed the psychometric properties of the 23-item RAPM using a sample of 1,793 Malaysian youth. The assessment involved Rasch Model analysis measurement framework using the following criteria: model assumptions, reliability, construct validity evidence, differential item functioning (DIF), and test targeting. The results showed satisfactory findings from the data for most of the criteria, especially the reliability and validity evidence. Nevertheless, the items in the RAPM was found to lack the ability to target the respondents’ general intelligence in the measured scale.