Psychology data from the “BAFACALO project: The Brazilian Intelligence Battery based on two state-of-the-art models – Carroll’s Model and the CHC model”

Hudson Golino ,Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes

doi:10.5334/jopd.af

Hudson Golino , Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes

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https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.af

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Abstract

The BAFACALO’s dataset contains the answers from 292 Brazilian high-school students from a public school to 18 cognitive tests developed to assess different hierarchical levels of intelligence structure. Most of the participants were girls (53.40%), with ages ranging from 14 to 20 years old (Mean = 15.71, Standard Deviation = 1.15) and the average monthly household income varying from R$ 1,751 to R$ 3,500 (Reais). The BAFACALO’s tests were constructed by Gomes [1,2] based on the Educational Testing Service’s Kit of Factor-Referenced Cognitive Tests [3].

Highlights

The BAFACALO battery lies within the context of expansion and modification of intelligence tests started in the 1990’s
The BAFACALO was created to be applied to high school students
Despite the fact that the study included a broad variety of SES levels, which reflected the Brazilian population of high school students, the sample was not intended to be representative of this population

Summary

DATA PAPER

Psychology data from the “BAFACALO project: The Brazilian Intelligence Battery based on two state-ofthe-art models – Carroll’s Model and the CHC model”. The BAFACALO battery was developed to assess the general intelligence factor (g), plus six broad abilities presented in Carroll’s three stratum theory [4] and the CHC model [5] in high school students. These broad abilities are: fluid intelligence (Gf) [6], crystalized intelligence (Gc) [7], short-term memory (Gsm) [8], broad visual perception (Gv) [9], fluency (Gr) and broad cognitive speediness (Gs)

Background

Logically invalid

Household Income

Findings

Language English