Selection of items for development of intelligence test

Pages: 1340-1343
Jai Prakash and Meera Jayaswal (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi, Jharkhand)

Understanding about mental ability of the individuals has been interest since ages. Acquiring knowledge about intelligence and intellectual ability got alluring attraction amongst professionals in the field of psychology. Intelligence is a general mental capability that encompasses the ability to reason, plan, think rationally, understanding ideas and language and solving the problems. Intellectual ability also includes comprehension, understanding and learning from past experiences. Measurement of intellectual ability became easier due to development of intelligence tests. While construction of intelligence tests, selection of test items is very significant task. Items are chosen very carefully so that the individuals can be distinguished as per their intellectual ability. The aim of the present study is to collect pool of items for the development of intelligence test for children aged between 6- 15 years. The sample comprised of 1000 participants for generation of pool of items. Boys and girls, age ranges from 6 to 15 years were chosen by using purposive sampling technique. A self-prepared, semi structured performa and General Health Questionnaire -12 have been used. Pool of items has been generated and a list of items has been prepared. Items were short listed and opinion of 10 experts was taken for selection of the items. Finally, nine items have been selected for Set I and nine items have been selected for parallel form as Set II for board test.