“A quite negligible tale.”
− The Times [London] Lit Sup p678 N 20 ’19 50w
TRABUE, MARION REX, and STOCKBRIDGE, FRANK PARKER. Measure your mind; the mentimeter and how to use it. il *$3 Doubleday 136
20–7589
This popular treatise on the measurement of intelligence by scientific methods is based on the experiences of psychological investigators in both school and army. It addresses itself “to employers and those in charge of the selection, grading, and promotion of workers of every class, in factories, offices, and stores; to teachers of all grades, from kindergarten to university; to parents who are interested in ascertaining, and watching the growth of their children’s mental development and to young men and young women striving for self-improvement and advancement and desirous of learning something of their own mental capacities and limitations as a guide to the intelligent choice of vocations or professions.” (Preface) Contents: Science versus guesswork; The applications of psychological tests; What these tests measure; Standards for mental tests; Different types of mental tests; Mental tests in the army; Psychological tests in education; Mental tests in industry; How to use the mentimeter tests; The mentimeter tests; Trade tests or tests of skill; Appendices, charts and diagrams.
“A thoughtful examination of the tests will show that they have been carefully worked out. But this valuable material of the book is likely not to receive its due attention from industrial or business men because, although the book purports seriously to crave the audience of industry, it wavers to catch the teacher and other professional classes; the early pages are sluggish, indefinitely organized reading. The defects of ‘Measure your mind’ are entirely those of organization and composition; the theory, the technique, and the essential content are meritorious.” C: L. Stone
+ − Am Econ R 10:830 D ’20 350w
“If books of this sort can be used by others than experts, this one has the advantage of simplicity.”
+ Booklist 16:297 Je ’20