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... compartment is without a railing in order that the picture- counters may be easily taken from the box as they are ... compartment . The counters in each compart- ment bear upon them the same picture . The compartments , in the order from ...
... compartment is without a railing in order that the picture- counters may be easily taken from the box as they are ... compartment . The counters in each compart- ment bear upon them the same picture . The compartments , in the order from ...
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... compartment in front of each cube . The tester taps the back of cube 1 with the pointer , rotates the cube until the foot is squarely before the subject , allows the cube to remain in this position for a moment , then rotates the cube ...
... compartment in front of each cube . The tester taps the back of cube 1 with the pointer , rotates the cube until the foot is squarely before the subject , allows the cube to remain in this position for a moment , then rotates the cube ...
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... compartment . The column is so set that the hand and the rabbit are visible to the subject . The tester taps the back of the top cube , then taps the white cardboard square which is next to the rear of the compartment and which is here ...
... compartment . The column is so set that the hand and the rabbit are visible to the subject . The tester taps the back of the top cube , then taps the white cardboard square which is next to the rear of the compartment and which is here ...
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... compartment are all filled , the solution for the bottom cube being on square 1 . These two columns serve the purpose of instructing the sub- ject that the solution for a particular cube is to be placed upon a particular white square ...
... compartment are all filled , the solution for the bottom cube being on square 1 . These two columns serve the purpose of instructing the sub- ject that the solution for a particular cube is to be placed upon a particular white square ...
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... compartments . This box is con- structed in the same fashion as is the counter box in Test 3 ; the only differences ... compartment . The counters are arranged in .... ASSOCIATION TEST ( QUANTITATIVE ) SERIES A SOLUTIONS MOVES TIMES [ 40 ]
... compartments . This box is con- structed in the same fashion as is the counter box in Test 3 ; the only differences ... compartment . The counters are arranged in .... ASSOCIATION TEST ( QUANTITATIVE ) SERIES A SOLUTIONS MOVES TIMES [ 40 ]
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abacus apparatus arrangement of cube-piles ASSOCIATION TEST Block Construction bottom cube compartment consists correct correctly correlation coefficients counter box criterion demonstration board demonstration cube designs edge eight tests four fourteen tests gesture of command given hand individual performance tests item P1 ject large number long scale loose blocks manner Method of Recording multiple correlation nods his head non-verbal tests number of cubes obtained pair pantomime instructions partial correlation pegs performance scale Picture Analysis pile pointer position practice items present Princeton group Princeton Tests PRINCETON UNIVERSITY procedure quantitative Recording Performance red faces red step reference board scoring screen Series Reversed Test shown in Plate solution box spot pattern test sub-items subject fails successes tachistoscope task test is discontinued test items Test Material Test Problem tester places tester points Thorndike three cubes tion top cube total correlation tree and leaf verbal instructions Vineland group xylophone ΙΟ
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Page 165 - Indeed a case could well be made out for the thesis that the theoretical objections sometimes brought against mental measurement really hold in the last resort against all measurement, and prove too much: and that the real difference between mental measurement and physical measurement is simply that mental phenomena, being practically more difficult to handle, force on our notice the epistemological difficulties inherent in all measurement, whereas in physical measurement familiarity has bred contempt.
Page 188 - ... Vineland. Norms are not yet established. Validity: r=.26 (for successes) on Princeton group. Criterion was the higher score on either the Thorndike or the Princeton college entrance intelligence tests. r = .19 for the feeble-minded men, criterion being the Stanford-Binet mental age. (p. 184) Discussion: "It should be emphasized that no attempt has been made in the present study to conjecture what mental processes are involved in the performance of the various tests. . . .The Series Forward, Series...
Page 166 - In fact, however, nobody has ever made an inventory of tasks, determined the correlation of each with intellect, selected an adequate battery of them, and found the proper weight to attach to each of these.
Page 118 - ... this test. A set comprises four blocks of pictures, four pictures to a block. Analogies board, upon which are mounted two boards, or platforms, whose edges are parallel with the length of the board. Four glass markers. (For details, see Squires '26, p. 116 ff.) Problem: Given four blocks of a picture, to work out analogies between the pictures, under the condition that only one picture from each block may enter into any one analogy. Individual test: Three practice analogies; five sets of test...
Page 74 - ... University. Material: Three pairs of pictures glued to one-inch cubes, one pair to a cube. Demonstration board, 9 x 2 x J/4 inches, on which are three cubes mounted on pivots, etc. (For details, see Squires '26, p. 28...
Page 4 - In his introduction the author states that "the present research has endeavoured to assist in the important problem of devising a scale of performance tests that will be applicable to an individual regardless of his language equipment or of his cultural background.
Page 4 - ... represented by the pictures. If a scale is to have application in widely scattered regions of the earth and if results are to be strictly comparable, it must not involve special cultural factors, instances of which have been given above.
Page 139 - ... Psychological Laboratory, Princeton University. Materials: Drawings, which depict the right and left hands in various positions, are glued to the face of blank cards; two cardboard boxes. (Squires, '26, p. 132f) Problem: Given a series of pictures showing the right and left hands, in various positions, to sort all right hands into one box and all left hands into another. Individual test: Seven practice items and thirty test items. This test is adaptable to group testing. Directions : Pantomime....
Page 125 - B there are thus two patterns consisting of seven, one of eight, one of nine, and one of ten spots.