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Intelligence and cognitive ability

Cognitive Abilities Test, Fourth Edition.

CAT4

What it measures
general reasoning ability; verbal reasoning; quantitative reasoning; non-verbal reasoning; spatial reasoning
Length and format
Four batteries (Verbal, Quantitative, Non-verbal, Spatial), each with multiple subtests; Levels A-G across school years. group-administered multiple-choice reasoning items; paper or online (digital) (performance/ability test)
Language versions
UK/international editions; designed to be curriculum-free; used across UK and British-international/boarding schools worldwide; some localized norms
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
GL Assessment. (2012). Cognitive Abilities Test, Fourth Edition (CAT4). London: GL Assessment.

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