A study of intelligence in Oman
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Salaheldin Farah Attallah Bakhiet1, Richard Lynn
11 King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
There have been two studies of the Coloured Progressive Matrices and the Standard Progressive Matrices in Oman, giving British IQs of 87 and 81, respectively. The present paper reports results for the Advanced Progressive Matrices to ascertain how far these are consistent with the previous studies. The Advanced Progressive Matrices was standardized in Oman in 2009-10 on a sample of 2,467 Grade 11 and 12 students (M age = 17.13 yr., SD = 1.01, range = 16-18). The sample obtained a mean score of 12.2, equivalent to a British IQ of 88, consistent with the results of the two previous studies.
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