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Intelligence and cognitive ability

Bochumer Matrizentest.

BOMAT

What it measures
Fluid reasoning and general intelligence measured by figural matrix completion, deliberately built with a high ceiling to discriminate in the upper ability range.
Length and format
29 (advanced short version); 5x3 matrix layout. multiple-choice ability (figural matrix, select the missing element) (performance/ability test)
Language versions
Item content is figural and language-free, so it is administered internationally without translation; instructions have been rendered in English and several other languages in research use.
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Hossiep, R., Turck, D., & Hasella, M. (2001). Bochumer Matrizentest (BOMAT-advanced-short version). Goettingen: Hogrefe.

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