Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 52, Nos. 3-4 (Spring-Summer 2012)
pp. 292-310
A Standardisation of the Standard Progressive Matrices for Libyan adults aged 38 to 50 years
Alsedig Abdalgadr Al-Shahomee
University of Omar Al–Mukhtar, El-Beida, Libya
Richard Lynn
University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Data are reported for a standardisation of the Standard Progressive Matrices on a sample of 520 adults in Libya. Scored against British norms, the sample obtained a mean IQ of 79. Results are reported for the urban-rural, gender and education levels in means and variance. Principal components analysis showed only one significant factor.