Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Assessment. 2019 Oct;26(7):1399-1408. doi: 10.1177/1073191117740205. Epub 2017 Nov 9.
The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices (CPM) test in a sample of preschoolers from Brazil ( = 582; age: mean = 57 months, = 7 months; 46% female). We investigated the plausibility of unidimensionality of the items (confirmatory factor analysis) and differential item functioning (DIF) for sex and age (multiple indicators multiple causes method). We tested four unidimensional models and the one with the best-fit index was a reduced form of the Raven's CPM. The DIF analysis was carried out with the reduced form of the test. A few items presented DIF (two for sex and one for age), confirming that the Raven's CPM items are mostly measurement invariant. There was no effect of sex on the general factor, but increasing age was associated with higher values of the factor. Future research should indicate if the reduced form is suitable for evaluating the general ability of preschoolers.
本研究调查了瑞文彩色推理测验（CPM）在巴西学龄前儿童样本中的心理测量学特性（n=582；年龄：平均=57 个月，标准差=7 个月；46%为女性）。我们调查了项目的单维性（验证性因素分析）和性别（多指标多原因法）和年龄的项目区别功能（DIF）。我们测试了四个单维模型，拟合指数最好的是瑞文 CPM 的简化形式。DIF 分析是用测试的简化形式进行的。一些项目表现出 DIF（两个性别，一个年龄），这证实了瑞文 CPM 项目在很大程度上是具有测量不变性的。性别对一般因素没有影响，但年龄的增长与因素的值呈正相关。未来的研究应该表明简化形式是否适合评估学龄前儿童的一般能力。
