Cfit

|Culture Fair Intelligence Test – Scale 3 |
|CFIT – Scale 3 |


INTRODUCTION

The Culture Fair Intelligence Test measure individual intelligence in a manner designed to reduce, as muchas possible, the influence of verbal fluency, cultural climate, and educational level. The tests, which may be administered individually or in a group, are non-verbal and require only that examinees be able to perceive relationships in shapes and figures. Each scale contains four subtests, involving different perceptual tasks, so that the composite intelligence measure avoids spurious reliance on asingle skill.

APPLICABILITY

Culture Fair Tests are valuable instruments for all uses to which an intelligence test is rationally applied, notably:

1. Discovering whether the achievement of each individual is what would be expected from his intelligence, thus facilitating identification of emotional or learning problems where they exist;
2. Assessing an applicant’s potential toperform job-relevant tasks that involve cognitive ability;
3. Making a more reliable and informed decision whether a particular child may require special educational facilities or a program of cultural enrichment.
4. Selecting students for accelerated educational programs within an age-group grade;
5. Advising students in regard to probable success in college or the chance of winningscholarship;
6. Increasing the effectiveness of vocational guidance decisions, both for students and adults.

FORMAT OF THE TESTS

Scale 3 are wholly group administrable. Nevertheless, occasions may arise in which the closer rapport of a one-on-one situation will be required to enable the individual being tested to perform most effectively. The examiner should be alert to such situations.Table 1 shows the breakdown, item content and time required to administer the tests.






Table 1
ITEMS AND TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SUBTEST IN SCALE 2 AND 3

| | Scale 3 |(Form A or B) |
| |Number of |Time |
||Items |Allotted |
|Test 1. Series |13 |3 mins. |
|Test 2. Classifications |14 |4 mins. |
|Test 3. Matrices |13 |3 mins.|
|Test 4. Conditions |10 |2 ½ mins. |
|(Topology) | | |
|Total |50 items |12 ½ mins. |


SCORING THE TEST

Once the tests have beenadministered, there remains the task of obtaining raw scores from the answer sheets or booklets and converting these raw scores to an interpretable standard score (if the machine-scoring option has not been selected).

Hand Scoring

When hand-scoring the tests, two general observations are in order.

1. Before placing the scoring key over the answer sheet, check first for patterned responsesthat would indicate an invalid protocol. If this occurs, or if the test administrator has other reasons to suspect that the responses are invalid, he should attempt to determine the reason. When he has remedied the problem, the test should be re-administered so that an accurate assessment of intelligence can be made. It’s probably best to wait a week or more before re-administering the same...