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Note on the Relation Between Group Test Score and Capacity

Note on the Relation Between Group Test Score and Capacity In an attempt to reduce the turn-over of large industrial organizations and to put employment on a more efficient basis, the author tried to correlate scores made on group intelligence tests with graded estimates of success made six months later. The experiment was conducted on one hundred and twenty-three individuals in R. H. White's department store; the group test consisted of the score arranged from the Trabue C, Dissected Sentences from the Binet-Simon Scale, the Cancellation Test, Memory Span for numerals, and the Healy Code; the estimates were made out by the employment manager. The exact coefficient of correlation is not given, but "there was little, if any, correlation." The author concludes that "in so far as one is able to judge from so brief a study and so few cases, it would appear that intelligence as measured by the group test was not of vital importance in determining the success or failure of department store employees, and for this reason, tests, as an aid in the selection of employees, would not seem feasible." Further, he makes the important observation that a frequent element in failure is functional nervous disease––a factor which could be detected by psychiatric knowledge and questioning. From Psych Bulletin 21:12:01260. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Abnormal Psychology American Psychological Association

Note on the Relation Between Group Test Score and Capacity

Stearns, A. W.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology , Volume 18 (4): 6 – Jan 1, 1924
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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1924 American Psychological Association
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0021-843X
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1939-1846
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10.1037/h0075531
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In an attempt to reduce the turn-over of large industrial organizations and to put employment on a more efficient basis, the author tried to correlate scores made on group intelligence tests with graded estimates of success made six months later. The experiment was conducted on one hundred and twenty-three individuals in R. H. White's department store; the group test consisted of the score arranged from the Trabue C, Dissected Sentences from the Binet-Simon Scale, the Cancellation Test, Memory Span for numerals, and the Healy Code; the estimates were made out by the employment manager. The exact coefficient of correlation is not given, but "there was little, if any, correlation." The author concludes that "in so far as one is able to judge from so brief a study and so few cases, it would appear that intelligence as measured by the group test was not of vital importance in determining the success or failure of department store employees, and for this reason, tests, as an aid in the selection of employees, would not seem feasible." Further, he makes the important observation that a frequent element in failure is functional nervous disease––a factor which could be detected by psychiatric knowledge and questioning. From Psych Bulletin 21:12:01260.

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Published: Jan 1, 1924

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