Selecting the lowest 23 children by class tests would have detected every feeble-minded child, while the superintendent's nomination list detected only 60% of them¶

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q2 i? Of the feeble-minded children, the superintendent's selection of 23 suspects would have examined 60%, whereas selection of the lowest 23 by class tests would have examined every one. → Pintner 1917

Evidence¶

Pintner 1917¶

Pintner, R. (1917). The Mentality of the Dependent Child, Together with a Plan for a Mental Survey of an Institution. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0075825

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Comparison of the superintendent's pre-testing nomination list of 23 suspected backward children with the lowest 23 as ranked by class-test I. Q.s, both distributed by the combined method of diagnosis. In the F.M.—B. group 46% versus 64% were detected.

"Comparing the two methods of selection we note that by the superintendent's selection only 60% of the feeble-minded would have been detected, whereas by the class tests every one would have been examined."

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Related Claims¶

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• The editorial proposes an institutional applied-psychology profession: thorough laboratory training without a full medical course, routine technical duties under a superintendent, and physician-level rank and salary for stability — related