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SPM Raven&#39;s Standard Progressive Matrices&trade; and SPM Plus Raven&#39;s Standard Progressive Matrices&trade; Plus are nonverbal tests of observation skills and clear-thinking ability. SPM and SPM Plus are versatile, having various research applications with children and adults.<br />
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Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) and Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Plus (SPM Plus)

Test observation skills and the ability to think clearly with SPM & SPM Plus, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. Get non-verbal assessments from Pearson.

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SPM Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices™ and SPM Plus Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices™ Plus are nonverbal tests of observation skills and clear-thinking ability. SPM and SPM Plus are versatile, having various research applications with children and adults.

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Overview

Pricing & Ordering

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			<p>The Raven&rsquo;s SPM and SPM Plus each produces a single raw score and percentile rank to indicate educative ability or the ability to think clearly and extract meaning out of events, compared to a norm group in the general population.</p>

			<h3>Benefits</h3>

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				<li>Use in a variety of settings, such as testing culturally diverse populations, to minimize the impact of cultural or language bias.</li>
				<li>Available in a variety of pre-packaged kits for easy purchase and a discounted price from the individual components.</li>
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			<h3>Features</h3>

			<p>The SPM test has a total of 60 items presented in 5 sets (A-E) of 12 items. The SPM Plus contains more powerful items while retaining the five-set, sixty-item format of the SPM.</p>

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				<li>Multiple manuals contain test administration and interpretation guides, as well as research and technical information.</li>
				<li>Each version of the Raven&rsquo;s Progressive Matrices is administered by use of a booklet containing the version specific matrices.</li>
				<li>Easy Score Answer Sheets transfer answers from the front page directly to translate responses into scores.</li>
				<li>Easy Score Answer Forms eliminates the need for scoring keys in most situations.</li>
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Product Details

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			<p>The following resources are available for CPM.</p>

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			<h4>Manuals</h4>

			<p>When purchasing a Kit, all of the manuals relevant to the version you are purchasing are included. If you wish to purchase additional Manuals, detailed descriptions of their content are listed below.</p>

			<p>If purchasing replacement manuals for administration of Coloured, Standard, or Advanced you will need the following manuals:</p>
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						<h4>Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM)</h4>
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						<p>Manual Section 1 General Overview (1998 Edition, Updated 2003)</p>
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						<p>Manual Section 2 Coloured Progressive Matrices</p>
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						<h4>Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM, SPM Parallel, SPM Plus)</h4>
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						<p>Manual Section 1 General Overview (1998 Edition, Updated 2003)</p>
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						<p>Manual Section 3 Standard Progressive Matrices</p>
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						<h4>Advanced Progressive Matrices (Set 1 &amp; 2)</h4>
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						<p>Manual Section 1 General Overview (1998 Edition, Updated 2003)</p>
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						<p>Manual Section 4 Advanced Progressive Matrices</p>
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			<h4>Manual Section 2 Coloured Progressive Matrices 1998 Edition</h4>

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				<p>Gives details of development, administration, scoring, reporting results and interpretation</p>
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				<p>Range of normative data</p>
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				<li>
				<p>Summary reviews of reliability and validity studies</p>
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				<p>Fuller details are available in the Research Supplements</p>
				</li>
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			<h4>Manual Section 3 Standard Progressive Matrices 1998 Edition</h4>

			<ul>
				<li>
				<p>Gives details of development, administration, scoring, reporting results and interpretation</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Range of normative data</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Summary reviews of reliability and validity studies</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Fuller details are available in the Research Supplements</p>
				</li>
			</ul>

			<h4>Manual Section 4 Advanced Progressive Matrices 1998 Edition</h4>

			<ul>
				<li>
				<p>Gives details of development, administration, scoring, reporting results and interpretation</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Range of normative data</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Summary reviews of reliability and validity studies</p>
				</li>
				<li>
				<p>Fuller details are available in the Research Supplements</p>
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			<h4>Manual Section 7 Research 1995 Edition</h4>

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				<p>Tables giving brief summaries for each of the tests of all normative, reliability and validity studies</p>
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				<p>Source of the study, brief details about the population studied, numbers of respondents involved, results obtained, and comments</p>
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			<h4>Manual Section 1 General Overview (1998 Edition, Updated 2003)</h4>

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				<p>Theoretical basis of the Raven&rsquo;s Progressive Matrices and MHV</p>
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				<p>Nature of educative and reproductive abilities and their link to competence</p>
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				<p>Role of heritability and the environment</p>
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				<p>Ethnic and socio-economic issues</p>
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				<p>Maturation and &lsquo;decline&rsquo; of educative and reproductive ability</p>
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				<p>Implications of findings for society and psychologists</p>
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				<p>Reporting results: the need for contextual information, especially on other aspects of competence</p>
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				<p>Applications in educational, clinical and occupational practice</p>
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				<p>Relationships between the three forms of the Matrices</p>
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				<p>Development of the Items</p>
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				<p>Format of the Item Analyses</p>
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				<p>Relationship between the forms of the MHV</p>
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				<p>Addendum: the scientific status of educative ability and understanding item difficulty</p>
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