Mental and Scholastic Tests


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Mental and Scholastic Tests;


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This book provides a comprehensive overview of various tests used to measure mental and scholastic abilities, such as intelligence, memory, and problem-solving skills. The author examines the development and use of these tests, as well as their potential applications in education and psychology. With clear and accessible language, this book is an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in the study of psychology or education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.






















Bias in Mental Testing


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Illuminating detailed methods for assessing bias in commonly used I.Q., aptitude, and achievement tests, Jensen argues that standardized tests are not biased against Englishspeaking minority groups and describes the uses of such tests in education and employment.




Mental and Scholastic Tests (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Mental and Scholastic Tests Computation of Marks; Keys for Converting Test-Scores into Mental Ages; Number of Children Passing the Several Tests. Ordinary Elementary Schools; Ditto. Special (M.D.) Schools; Correlations between the Orders of Difficulty found by Various Investigators; Larger Changes in Age-Assignments; Conversion of Mental Ages based upon Binet's Original Scales; Differences in Order of Difficulty for Normals and Defectives; Averages and Variability at Each Age for Children of Ordinary and Special (M.D.) Schools; Distribution of Intelligence. Ordinary Elementary Schools; Ditto. Special (M.D.) Schools; Ditto. Percentiles for Each Age-group; Mental Ratios obtained from the Same Children during Five Successive Years; Annual Change in Mental Age and Mental Ratio in the Same Children. Grouped according to Age; Ditto. Grouped according to Mental Ratio; Ditto. Grouped according to both Age and Ratio; Distribution of Intelligence with Standard Deviation as Unit; Line of Demarcation between Mental and Educational Ratios; Observed and Partial Correlations between Age, Intelligence, School Attainments, and the Results of the Binet-Simon Tests; Observed and Partial Correlations between the Binet-Simon Tests and Attainments in the Several School Subjects; Juvenile Delinquents. Distribution of General Intelligence at Each Age About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.