The Multidimensional Aptitude Battery II is a group-administered
intelligence test created by psychologist
Douglas N. Jackson
Douglas Northrop Jackson II (August 14, 1929 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian psychology professor best known for his work in human assessment and psychological testing.
Life and career
Born in Merrick, New York, Jackson graduated from Corn ...
which is supposed to measure Verbal, Performance and Full Scale IQ. The battery consists of 10 subtests and is used for various professional, medical, military, government, law enforcement and employment settings. The test-retest reliability based on timed performance correlates with values of 0.95 for the verbal section, 0.96 for the performance section and 0.97 for the full scale.
Subtests and items
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Description
The MAB II was created by psychologist
Douglas N. Jackson
Douglas Northrop Jackson II (August 14, 1929 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian psychology professor best known for his work in human assessment and psychological testing.
Life and career
Born in Merrick, New York, Jackson graduated from Corn ...
and published by the company SIGMA Assessment Systems Inc. It is designed to measure intellectual abilities of both adults and adolescents from ages 16 and over and can be used in any educational and career counselling settings, business, industries, clinics and mental health facilities for basic research. It can also be used in the government, law enforcement and military settings. MAB II is also available in languages such as Spanish and French. Both the Verbal and Performance subtests on the MAB II takes 50 mins to finish either through computer administration or psychologist administration. All of the subtests are also constructed through multiple choice questions and went through fair item selection for diverse groups including gender, nationality, age and culture. Age norms are also presented in the manual that comes with test.
Despite not being designed with the
CHC model in mind, one study found that the test data conformed to this model.
See also
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Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities
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WAIS IV
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Raven's Progressive Matrices
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Standford-Binet Intelligence Scales
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Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) is an individually administered test of intelligence that includes a co-normed, supplemental measure of memory.Randy Reynolds and Cecil Kamphaus, ''Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales and Reynol ...
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IQ
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