Matrices

For example, the most widely used IQ test for non-literate peoples is the Raven's Progressive Matrices, a sort of visual pattern-finding test.

IQ and Living Standards, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

There are IQ tests that are designed to lack any cultural/social bias like Raven's Progressive Matrices or Reverse Digit Span, basically leaving just raw cognitive horsepower.

You Can Do Anything You Put Your Mind To: A Noble Lie?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Von Neumann's "Numerical Inverting of Matrices of High Order," published (with Herman Goldstine) in 1947, confirmed his ambition to build a machine that could invert matrices of non-trivial size.

Boing Boing 2008

(By the way, I distinguish between the first Matrix and subsequent Matrices because the Wachowskis got lazy in the race element, as well as everything else, and let a bunch of black actors stand in for diversity thereafter, i.e. losing grip on the multiracial aspect of the whole thing.)

SeeLight: 2008

(By the way, I distinguish between the first Matrix and subsequent Matrices because the Wachowskis got lazy in the race element, as well as everything else, and let a bunch of black actors stand in for diversity thereafter, i.e. losing grip on the multiracial aspect of the whole thing.)

The "Missing Black Woman Formation" 2008

The cognitive portion of the assessment will often contain the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (a standardized intelligence test) and/or the Watson-Glaser (an hourlong critical-thinking appraisal).

Extreme Hiring 2010

Reasonable progress would be expected on each student based on his natural abilities (Raven's Matrices is a culture-fair test of this) and his actual achievement on teacher-made, publisher-made, and district wide tests.

Robert Rose: Teacher Accountability and Autonomy 2009

Matrices and Determinants were discovered and developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Casting Aspersions on Modern Matrix Math? 2007

The Raven's (known as Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices) is a widely-used, mainly culture-free, IQ test involving analogies of geometric shapes.

Dan Agin: How We Change: The Impact of the Group On Human Development, Behavior, and IQ 2009

They were then located and tested as adults with two major IQ tests: the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and Raven's Matrices.

Dan Agin: Myths of the Crazy Ape #1: Twins, Genes, and IQ 2008