The KAIT Intelligence Test

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This paper explains that the theoretical design of the KAIT is problem-solving skills using fluid and crystallized abilities, rather than merely measuring intelligence capacity, as based on the Cattell-Horn model of fluid/crystallized intelligence. The paper points out that, because KAIT de-emphasizes response speed and motor proficiency, it is especially useful when testing the elderly or other groups where measuring cognitive functioning separately from psychomotor ability is important, or in comparing young children, where psychomotor ability has a higher correlation to intelligence. The paper relates that the composite IQs on the KAIT demonstrate high construct validity with tests such as WISC-R, WAIS-R, and K-ABC; the manual reports KAIT profiles for clinical samples, including neurologically impaired (left vs. right), clinically depressed, reading disabled, and Alzheimer's-type dementia.

Table of Contents
General Information
Test Description
Purpose of Test
Technical Evaluation
Reliability
Internal Consistency
Test-Retest
Adequacy of Reliability Evidence to Support Potential Uses of the Test Validity
Summary, Evaluation, and Critique

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"The crystallized (or learned) scale consists of three, separately scaled and then collectively computed elements. The first is "Auditory Comprehension." This involves "listening to a recording of (or examiner reading aloud) a news story, then answering literal and inferential questions about the story. Then, "Double Meanings" which involves "studying two sets of word clues, then thinking of a word with two different meanings that fits both sets of clues." Finally, "Definitions" or "integrating two types of clues-a word with some of its letters missing and an oral clue about the word's meaning-to identify the word."

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