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FACTOR STRUCTURE OF SUCCESSFUL INTELLIGENCE TEST AMONG PREPARATORY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Prof. Dr. NABEEL ABDULGHFOOR A.ALMAJEED

Volume: 9 Issue: 3 2019

Abstract:

Intelligence tests are often used by researchers in Iraq to measure intelligence of preparatory school students for research or diagnostic purposes. Apparently, they differ in selecting intelligence test used in these studies in terms of the theoretical frameworks behind the tests. In the current research, the researcher adopted Sternberg's Triarchic intelligence test which emphasizes in its theoretical framework the three abilities (analytical, practical, and creative), and most of the tests adopted have ignored their factor structure. In the light of the enormous technological progress and the spread of the advanced statistical programs, special programmes have been designed for the use of confirmatory factor analysis by which we can reach the fitness between the factor structure of the test based on a theoretical framework and the data obtained by the researcher to reach the factor structure of the test, and this will be addressed by the current research.

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