Testing Services
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)

The MAT is administered by appointment. For optimum availability, a two-week notice prior to a desired test date is recommended. Information on test requirements, fees, and policies is available by contacting Testing Services.

Overview

The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a high-level, analytic ability test that requires the solution of problems stated as analogies. The test consists 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 assess 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.

Excerpted from the MAT Candidate Information Booklet--Copyright by Harcourt Assessment, Inc.

Preparation

The "MAT Candidate Information Booklet" which overviews MAT guidelines, policies, and procedures is published by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. and is available to all interested individuals. This booklet also contains information on strategies for solving MAT analogies. Persons interested in learning more about the MAT can contact Testing Services to receive a free copy. Additionally, MAT preparatory books are available at most bookstores.

Online MAT Information on the Harcourt Assessment, Inc. MAT Website