Three studies concerning the validity of the Remote Associates Test (RAT) are described. All are based on the serendipitous finding that, when is are dichotomized at their median RAT score, within the high RAT group the RAT correlates with other tests in a manner which would be expected for a test of creativity whereas it generally does not do so across its total range. Study I reports this finding for several measures of access to primitive modes of thought. An analogous finding concerning anxiety emerged from Study II. In Study III it was found that the RAT does not correlate with intelligence in the upper half of its distribution. It is concluded that the RAT may be a valid measure of creativity only in its upper ranges.
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