Binet's norms were worked out for Paris working-class children and may need revision for other social classes and regions¶
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q1 i? The Binet norms may need revision when applied to other social classes and regions because they were derived from Paris working-class children. → Huey 1911
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Huey 1911¶
Huey, E. B. (1911). The Binet Scale for Measuring Intelligence and Retardation. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Binet_Scale_for_Measuring_Intelligence_and_Retardation
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Huey's caution, attributed partly to Binet himself, about the generalizability of the norms. American institutions using the scale want to know whether the French age norms hold for American children of the same ages.
"the Binet norms have been worked out for children of the working classes of Paris and vicinity. They may need some revision when applied to other social classes and to other regions, even in France."
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Binet's norms were worked out for Paris working-class children and may need revision for other social classes and regions |
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Binet's norms were worked out for Paris working-class children and may need revision for other social classes and regions |
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