Primary Mental Abilities Test (Thurstone PMA).
PMA
verbal comprehension (V); numerical/number facility (N); spatial visualization (S); reasoning (R); word fluency (W); (historically) memory & perceptual speed
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- Multiple separate ability subtests (typically 5 primary factors retained in published forms). group-administered timed paper-and-pencil ability items per factor (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- Spanish PMA (TEA Ediciones) is a long-standing, widely used school edition in Spain/Latin America; other adaptations
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Thurstone, L. L., & Thurstone, T. G. (1938/1962). Primary Mental Abilities. Chicago, IL: SRA. (Spanish ed., TEA Ediciones.)
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- AH4 / AH5 / AH6 Group Tests of General Intelligence (Heim series)
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- BAT-7 - Bateria de Aptitudes de TEA
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9 tests per level (item counts vary by level). copyrighted - commercial.
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