Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test

Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test - (UNIT)

Question: What is the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)?
The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test provides a fair assessment of intelligence for individuals who have speech, language or hearing impairments, different cultural/language backgrounds or are verbally uncommunicative. Moreover, the test is designed for ages 5.0* to 17.11 and the test completes in 10 - 15 minutes.

Unlike many nonverbal tests, the UNIT subtests require multiple response modes, including use of manipulatives, paper-and-pencil and pointing. The subtests were developed to engage and interest children across races, ethnicities and cultures. It offers a wide breadth of use with exceptional students, including mentally retarded, learning disabled and gifted.

UNIT

The examiner uses eight relatively-universal hand and body gestures to explain tasks. In addition to these gestures, UNIT administration employs examiner demonstrations, sample items, corrective responses, transitional checkpoint items and scored items that do not permit examiner feedback.

Scoring and Interpretation

Each of the six UNIT subtests yield scores with a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. In addition, the following five quotient scores are available, each with a mean of 100, and a standard deviation of 15: Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ), Memory Quotient (MQ), Reasoning Quotient (RQ), Symbolic Quotient (SQ) and Nonsymbolic Quotient (NSQ).

Standardized through a carefully-designed, stratified random sampling plan, the UNIT resulted in a sample that closely matches the population of the 1995 U.S. Census data. Normative data were collected from a comprehensive national sample of 2,100 children and adolescents ages 5 to 17.11 years. Data were collected from 108 sites across 38 states. Individuals from reliability, validity and fairness studies were included in the standardization sample, and a total of 3,865 children and adolescents were examined.

Reliabilities are high, and validity studies include exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, which provide consistent support for the structure of the UNIT. Validity studies show strong concurrent validity with many other measures of intelligence, and the UNIT appears to be a good predictor of academic achievement. In addition, discriminant validity evidence is reported, demonstrating that the UNIT differentiates among individual with mental retardation, learning disabilities or speech/language impairments, and those who are gifted.

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