It is possible, of course, that some employer who makes the trial will find a half dozen other tests that show more accurate results in classifying clerical workers than will be shown by any test in the above list, but such a thing will probably not happen, for the type of test which has been useful in similar situations will probably prove useful again. If such a thing did happen, however, the employer would be foolish and unscientific to retain the list suggested above when he knew of a better list.
In the classification of the intelligence of labourers, the authors would suggest that the following tests be given fair trial:
| MENTIMETER NO. | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 2. | Pictorial Absurdities |
| 3. | Maze Threading |
| 5. | Dividing Geometric Figures |
| 6. | Completion of Form Series |
| 9. | Completion of Number Relation Series |
| 18. | Range of Information |
| 28. | Arithmetic Reasoning |
| 29. | Practical Judgment |
For classifying public school pupils according to their general intellectual power and ability to learn, the authors propose that the following tests be employed until a different selection has been proved to be superior:
| MENTIMETER NO. | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 2. | Pictorial Absurdities |
| 3. | Maze Threading |
| 8. | Digit-Symbol Substitution |
| 16. | Naming Opposites |
| 20. | Reading Directions |
| 23. | Completion of Sentences |
| 28. | Arithmetic Reasoning |
| 29. | Practical Judgment |
As being more strictly education tests rather than tests of intelligence the reader’s attention is invited to the following list:
| MENTIMETER NO. | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 10. | Addition |
| 17. | Spelling |
| 19. | Reading: Vocabulary |
| 21. | Reading: Interpretation |
| 25. | Handwriting |
| 26. | English Composition |
| 27. | Poetic Discrimination |
| 28. | Arithmetic Reasoning |
The most profitable list from the point of view of social entertainment would seem to be the following:
| MENTIMETER NO. | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 2. | Pictorial Absurdities |
| 3. | Maze Threading |
| 5. | Geometrical Figures |
| 6. | Completion of Form Series |
| 18. | Range of Information |
| 20. | Reading Directions |
| 22. | Disarranged Sentences |
| 23. | Sentence Completion |
| 24. | Analogies |
| 27. | Poetic Discrimination |
| 29. | Practical Judgment |
| 30. | Logical Conclusions |
Whatever the purpose for which the tests are to be used, the best results can be obtained only by securing from the original publishers the carefully printed forms prepared by the authors of the tests. Mimeographed copies of test blanks or privately printed blanks are certain to differ so much from the true form that the results obtained therewith cannot be directly compared with the official results.