Three Sophomores' discrepant records trace to character factors, including over-rating due to verbal fluency¶

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q2 i? One Sophomore ranked fourth in grades but twenty-fourth on the tests, an over-rating the author links to her readiness to recite and verbal fluency, echoing Downey's and Goddard's warnings. → Caldwell 1919

Evidence¶

Caldwell 1919¶

Caldwell, Helen Hubbert. (1919). Adult Tests of the Stanford Revision Applied to College Students. The Journal of Educational Psychology, X(10). https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074484

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Case analysis within the Sophomore discrepancy discussion: the author profiles three students whose grades diverged from test ranks, including one whose grade rank "was given largely because of her readiness to recite and her general 'well-meaningness'" while ranking twenty-fourth in the tests.

"Number three was an excellent talker, and never failed to recite whether she knew much about the subject or not. This is perhaps the best example in these, results of over-rating due to verbal fluency mentioned by Miss Downey."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• IQ-grade correlation differs sharply by class standing: .69 for Juniors versus .17 for Sophomores, rising to .48 when three discrepant records are omitted — related
• Stanford Adult test results correlate .44 with college grades when Juniors and Sophomores are re-ranked as one group — related
• The Rosanoff High Standard Frequency Test, but not writing-speed measures, diverges sharply between high-discrepancy and control students — related