Rationing of Raven's Matrices Scale for Emotional Intelligence to Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to modify "Raven's Matrices" scale of emotional intelligence to the students of Al al-Bayt University in Jordan, as this scale has some features such as the deliverance of the influence of culture and language.

The scale was applied to a sample of (526) students at Al al-Bayt University in Al Mafraq.

To researcher used statistical analysis to answer the questions of the study in order to check the effectiveness of the items of the scale through the extraction of difficulty and differentiation factors of the different levels of the general point average and total sample. The researcher extracted the reliability using Kr20  equation to calculate the internal consistency between the items, the validity of the scale also was measured using formative validity through differentiation rates by tracking the increase in the means and standard deviations of the thirteen  categories of the  general point average (GPA ).

The results of the study showed the effectiveness of the scale paragraphs has been proven  in terms of difficulty and differentiation coefficients, and Raven's Matrices scale has got high psychometric characteristics (reliability, validity) In a sign that the scale is suitable for application with a university education students in Jordan.

Key words: Raven's Matrices scale, emotional intelligence