Test of General Reasoning Ability (TOGRA)

Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD

• Purpose:  Screen for reasoning and problem solving skills
• Age range:  10 to 75 years
• Admin:  Individual or group
• Admin time:  16 minutes
• Qualification level:  B

The TOGRA is a speeded measure of reasoning ability and problem-solving skills designed for individual or group administration.

Features and benefits

• As a result of extensive expert review and statistical analysis, the TOGRA’s racial, gender, and religious bias is minimal—ideal for any measure used for selection purposes.
   
• Offers a wider variety of item content and greater test score stability than competing measures.
   
• Yields a General Reasoning Index (GRI), a highly reliable score that reflects overall measurement of the general factor of reasoning and problem-solving skill.
   
• Consists of items that assess verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills through tasks that are inductive as well as deductive in nature.
   
• Requires only 16 minutes for administration and 2-3 minutes for scoring.
   
• Administration and scoring are available through PARiConnect.

Test structure

• Two equivalent alternate forms (Blue and Green) enable you to retest and monitor progress without worrying about practice effects.
   
• Can be administered to groups or individuals and using a computer or traditional paper and pencil. This flexibility makes the TOGRA a viable option for use in human resource and related industrial settings, schools, juvenile and adult justice systems, and clinical settings.

Technical information

• Standardized on a 2010-Census-matched sample of 3,013 individuals.
   
• Multiple types of scores are provided, including z scores, normal curve equivalents, stanines, percentiles, and, for the younger ages, age equivalents.
   
• An investigation of TOGRA scores’ relationship to examinees’ occupational data revealed expected patterns, with median GRI scores increasing as examinees’ industries moved from physically oriented occupations to business- and science-oriented occupations.

TOGRA Introductory Kit includes:
TOGRA Professional Manual and Fast Guide, 10 Blue Item Booklets, 10 Green Item Booklets, 25 Answer Sheets, Set of 2 Scoring Keys, 25 Score Summary Forms, and a certificate for 5 FREE TOGRA Score Reports on PARiConnect