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The Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM) tests measure “general cognitive ability” or, better, eductive, or “meaning making,” ability (Raven, Raven, & Court, 1998a,2000). The term “eductive” comes from the Latin root educere, which means, “to draw out.” The basic version of the test, known as the Standard Progressive Matrices (or SPM), consists of five sets of items of the kind shown in Figures 11.1 and 11.2. Within each set, the items become progressively more difficult. At the beginning of each set, the items, although easy again, follow a different logic. The sets in turn become progressively more difficult. The five sets offer those taking the test five opportunities to become familiar with the method of thought required to solve the problems. In addition to the Standard series, there is the Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM), which is designed to spread the scores of children and less able adults and the Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM), developed to spread the scores of the top 20% of the population.
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John, Raven, J. (2003). Raven Progressive Matrices. In: McCallum, R.S. (eds) Handbook of Nonverbal Assessment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0153-4_11
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