The information on this sheet is taken directly from the PsychCorp/Harcourt Assessment Inc. MAT Candidtate Information Booklet. The complete CIB can be downloaded at PsychCorp’s website: www.MillerAnalogies.com.
The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a high-level, analytic ability test that requires the solution of problems stated as analogies. Beginning in fall 2004, the MAT will consist of 120 partial analogies that are to be completed in 60 minutes. The MAT test forms include 100 core items that count toward your score and 20 experimental items that are being field-tested for future use on new test forms. The experimental items may include verbal, quantitative, or figural analogies and may be located anywhere in the test. The items will not count toward your score. The MAT is intended to measure your ability to recognize relationships between ideas, your fluency in the English language, and your general knowledge of literature, philosophy, history, science, mathematics, and fine arts. There is no foreign-language edition of the MAT. You are not permitted to use a dictionary or any other reference aid when taking the MAT.
The MAT Analogy
An analogy is a statement that suggests two things are related to each other in the same way that two other things are related to each other. The MAT analogy items are written as equations in the form “A : B :: C : D,” which can be read as “A is to B as C is to D” or as “A is related to B in the same way that C is related to D.” In each MAT analogy item, one term in the analogy is missing and has been replaced with four options, only one of which correctly completes the analogy. The terms in most of the MAT analogy items are words, but in some cases they may be numbers or symbols.
For example:
PLANE : AIR :: BOAT : (a. submarine, b. fish, c. water, d. pilot)
Applying to a Controlled Testing Center
There are several equivalent forms of the MAT administered in both computer-based and paper-and-pencil versions. The MAT is administered through a network of Controlled Testing Centers (CTCs) licensed by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Harcourt Assessment has rigorous procedures that all CTCs must follow to administer the MAT. However, each CTC establishes its own testing schedule, application process, and fees. Candidates apply directly to a specific CTC to take the MAT. Though Harcourt Assessment does all the scoring and reporting of scores for the MAT, the CTCs are responsible for administering the MAT. To take the MAT at one of the more than 600 Controlled Testing Centers (CTCs) in the United States, Canada, or overseas, apply directly to the Controlled Testing Center of your choice. The locations and phone numbers of all the current CTCs are listed in Appendix A—MAT Controlled Testing Centers (pages 36–47 of the CBI, available on the PsychCorp website. California CTCs are listed on the back of this sheet). Once you determine where you wish to take the MAT, contact that CTC for instructions concerning how to apply to take the MAT and about its fee requirement. The MAT fees vary from CTC to CTC. If you are unable to reach a CTC at the number listed in this booklet, please contact directory assistance for the phone number of the institution where the CTC is located. There are no nationally scheduled test administrations for the MAT. Each CTC determines its own test schedule and test fees. When you contact a CTC, you will be told if there are any special procedures that you must follow beyond those described in the CIB. If you are making arrangements to retake the MAT inform your Controlled Testing Center that you have taken the test before. [Failure to do so may result in the retest score being voided and not reported
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