Otis Test With Historical Review
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ScribdTranslationsOTIS Simple General Intelligence Test
General objective: Evaluation of general intelligence
No. de reactivos:75
Word meaning, verbal analogy, sentences
disorderly, interpretation of proverbs, logical reasoning, series of
numbers and arithmetic reasoning.
Application Time: 30 min.
Administration: individual and collective
secondary and above (low - medium levels)
Material: Reliability: parallel forms even and odd 0.91
Validity: correlates 0.71 with the Primary Mental Abilities test
(PMA)
Original adaptation: M. Yela and collaborators (Department of Psychology
Experimental of the C.S.I.C; Madrid.
Objective: Provide an assessment of the subject's mental development and of their
ability to consciously adapt your thinking to new demands
of the environment.
Advantages: Very basic, School and work use (not suitable for clinical purposes).
Instructions: The first page of the test contains the instructions and
examples of questions. For most people, it takes 2 to 3
minutes to read them and answer the questions.
2. Brief historical overview:
Before 1918, Arthur S. Otis conducted numerous testing works.
collective intelligence, making it a pioneer in this field.
tasks. These experiences and research by Otis, which he did not publish,
just like their Group Intelligence Scale of 1918, contributed a
indispensable contribution to the development of the Army Alpha Test and to
subsequent success of collective intelligence tests.
Around 1920, the Otis Self-Administering Test of Mental Ability was published by the editor.
World Book Co. from the city of Tarry-town-on-Hudson, New York, dates it
in 1922, with the revision appearing in 1929. The Otis test under which name
it has been called presents two levels, one simple for the
grades 4 to 9, and another higher up to grade 16 and adults, with four forms
parallel lines named A, B, C, and D. The last two shapes made with
great contribution and collaboration of Barrows T. H. The Otis Test is a
Instrument designed to measure the intellectual capacity of subjects with a
low or medium cultural level. The test consists of a selection of 75
items that measure different aspects of intelligence (deductive reasoning
and inductive and lexicon knowledge). Its simple rules for application
how the correction of the Otis makes it an ideal test for selection processes
of staff where the education level of the candidates is low or medium.
3. Original edition: Around 1920, he publishes the Otis Self-Administering Test of Mental Ability.
Ability, the publisher Word Book Co. from the city of Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New
York, dates it to 1922, with the review appearing in 1929.
4. Adaptation: M. Yela and collaborators (Department of Psychology
Experimental of the C.S.I.C; Madrid). The adaptations of the Otis have been
countless. The one now presented comes from Otis Ottawa (Canada)
specifically designed to measure the general intelligence of the subject at a level
medium or low culture
5. material consists of. Booklet, answer sheet, template, and pencil.
stopwatch
Instructions for the application:
A) While the subjects solve the training examples. It will check if
the constructions are made in the appropriate shape and place, that is, if the
Answers are noted in the box that is immediately below the letter that
precede the chosen response.
B) During the execution of the test, it will be supervised. Likewise, in a discreet manner.
How subjects work. If anyone stopped at the end of the page, I would indicate to them.
that it continues in the next. until the test is finished or until it is said Stop.
Now I am going to give each of you a booklet like this, I ask you to...
that they leave it on the table just as I give it to them. Without turning it over or opening it. And
Start writing down the data. (Last name, First name, Age, Gender.) If necessary, they are provided.
additional instructions to help you with this task so that you do
to be noted as necessary in the later phase of interpreting the results.
They have already filled in all their information at the top. (IF THEY HAVE NOT FINISHED
SUFFICIENT TIME IS GRANTED AND DOUBTS ARE RESOLVED THAT
SURJAN
Now I am going to read aloud the instructions to take the test in first.
place will solve some training exercises: do them carefully and do not
Turn the page until I tell you to. The examiner will read aloud the
first lines of the printed instructions on the cover of the example. Including the
first example.
And he will grant enough time for everyone to respond to the other three.
training elements checking that they have done it correctly. In
No case should the test begin without everyone having understood these.
examples and the way to record the answers. The following is added: they have
understood everything you have to do.
When I give you the signal, you will have to solve more exercises similar to these. No
they get too caught up in each of them. If one proves difficult, move on to the
Next, and then, if you have time, try to solve it. If you make a mistake or
They want to change an answer. Delete the one they have given and write down the one they have.
decided, but do not give more than one answer to each exercise.
Do not pass the sheets until I indicate so. And when it has been fulfilled
time, when saying. Enough. Everyone must put the pencil on the table, close the
exercise booklet and leave it also to one side of the table
