Slosson Intelligence Test 4th Edition (SIT-4)

Purpose: Profile an individual's mental ability

Age: 4-65 years

Time: 10-20 minutes

The Slosson Intelligence Test 4th Edition (SIT-4) is a quick and reliable screening measure that allows professionals to profile an individual’s mental ability.

The SIT-4 can be used with children and adults, including those who are visually impaired or blind. The SIT-4 is verbally administered so it does not penalise individuals who are methodical, fearful or have reading handicaps.

New Features

• Newly calibrated norms allow the Total Standard Score, TSS Range, and percentile rank and range to all be tabulated within one table
• New Colour coded score sheet - easier to profile your student's strengths and weaknesses
• Large colour stimulus items for the visually impaired
• Administration and scoring are measured simultaneously - test can be given in a brief period of time
• Standard Deviation SD=15

Six verbal Cognitive Domains Tested

1. General Information (GI): The learning of cultural knowledge, much of which is not explicitly taught.
2. Comprehension (CO): The knowledge of social behaviour, "common sense" and the ability to interpret sayings and proverbs.
3. Quantitative (QN): The ability to do mental calculations, remember essential numbers and determine the arithmetic process required to calculate correct answers.
4. Similarities and Differences (SD): The skill in determining common attributes of two dissimilar thinks of concepts.
5. Vocabulary (VO): The ability to use, understand and define words orally.
6. Auditory Memory (AM): The capability to remember and repeat correctly a random series of digits, both forward and backward, as well as several sentences.