Niyot Sangtongluan. A study of the correlation of intellectual ability measures between draw a person test and the coloured progressive matrices test in primary school students in Bangkok . Master's Degree(Clinical Psychology). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
A study of the correlation of intellectual ability measures between draw a person test and the coloured progressive matrices test in primary school students in Bangkok
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to study the correlation of intellectual
ability measures between Draw A Person Test (DAP) and The Coloured Progressive
Matrices Test (CPM) and to compare the mean of intellectual ability of subjects from
DAP and CPM within a range of ages. The sample was 396 students, ages ranging
from 6 years to 11 years 11 months (similar sample sizes of boys and girls), studying
in schools overseen by 3 administrations in Bangkok: Office of the National Primary
Education Commission, Office of the Private Education Commission and Bangkok
Metropolitan Administration. The obtained data were analyzed by using Pearson
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, t-test and F-test at the statistically significant
level of .05.
The results of this study revealed that the mean intellectual ability from Draw
A Person Test (DAP) and the mean intellectual ability from The Coloured Progressive
Matrices Test (CPM) in primary school students in Bangkok were different at the age
range of 6 years to 9 years 11 months, but they were not different at 10 years to 11
years 11 months which can be explained by the character of the tests. There was a
significant correlation between intellectual ability from DAP and CPM at the .001
level. The results imply that it is more appropriate to use different types of tests
depending on the age of children being tested and the differences in testing
environment to make up for differences in childrens’ abilities and limits in responding
to the test.