The reliability of a cross-modal test of spatial ability, adapted from Space Relations of the Differential Aptitude Test and determined on 86 college freshmen was .92. The validity coefficient of correlation between the DAT original and the adapted test was .75. The cross-modal test correlated .50 with the cognition of figural transformation ability of Guilford's Structure of the Intellect Model.
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