Culture Fair Intelligence Scale 3

Rosellnica Balasoto
Spencer Gongon
II-9 BS Psychology
Description
A non-verbal paper test designed as a
culturally unbiased test to measure ones
intelligence.
Its goal is to measure ones fluid
intelligence, analytical, and abstract
reasoning.
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
we age
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,
and education.
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
"fluid" rather than "crystallized" intelligence.

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
92 WISC Full Scale IQ (6) 1.00
Validity

decreasing of scores with the age
high correlations with the scores of fluid
intelligence tests (Ravens Matrices and
Ravens 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 (Cronbachs alpha .80),
slightly lower, but satisfactory nevertheless
of the part A (Cronbachs alpha .77 .81
depending on the sample).
high test-retest reliability in adults, lower
in high school students. The scores are
significantly better after 3 weeks.
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
performance for all groups.

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,
progressive series.

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.

Sample Content / Test items
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)
Answer sheet part B (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
Education: Psychology student

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

In Row Score values and norms based on
the age of the subject, the subject has an IQ of
103. Later, from the subject's IQ, according to
the scale Culture Fair Intelligence Test of
Raymond Cattell, the subject belongs to the
category average.