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Scholastic Assessment or g?: The Relationship Between the Scholastic Assessment Test and General Cognitive Ability

Frey, Meredith C., Detterman, Douglas K.·2004·Psychological Science
DOI 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00687.x
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There is little evidence showing the relationship between the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and g (general intelligence). This research established the relationship between SAT and g, as well as the appropriateness of the SAT as a measure of g, and examined the SAT as a premorbid measure of intelligence. In Study 1, we used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Measures of g were extracted from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and correlated with SAT scores of 917 participants. The resulting correlation was .82 (.86 corrected for nonlinearity). Study 2 investigated the correlation between revised and recentered SAT scores and scores on the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices among 104 undergraduates. The resulting correlation was .483 (.72 corrected for restricted range). These studies indicate that the SAT is mainly a test of g. We provide equations for converting SAT scores to estimated IQs; such conversion could be useful for estimating premorbid IQ or conducting individual difference research with college students.

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  • Frey and Detterman [2004] found a correlation of r=0.82 (p<0.01) between SAT scores and performance on the ASVAB.

    “It is therefore not surprising that Frey and Detterman [2004] found a correlation of 0.82 r  ( 0.01) p  between SAT scores and performance on the ASVAB, an aptitude and achievement test developed for the United States Army.”

    From Personality Psychology and Economics (2011) · cites this paper as Frey and Detterman [2004]

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Authors
Frey, M. C., & Detterman, D. K.
Affiliations
Case Western Reserve University (US)
Corresponding author
Detterman, Douglas K.
Venue
Psychological Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2004-06
Volume
15
Issue
6
Pages
373-378
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
DOI
10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00687.x
OpenAlex
W2141911423
Cited by
585
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FWCI
21.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32HD007176, HD-07176)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Keywords
general intelligence, premorbid intelligence, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices, university students
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Cognition, Educational Measurement, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results

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