Sixty-three per cent of Detroit prevocational pupils have an I.Q. below .70¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the tested Detroit prevocational population, 63% of pupils rated below I.Q. .70, and only 6.81% rated between I.Q. .80 and .92. → Renshaw 1915

Evidence¶

Renshaw 1915¶

Renshaw, S. (1915). The abilities of pupils in Detroit prevocational classes. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeduapsy

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Intelligence testing of 308 pupils in the seven Detroit prevocational classes with the Stanford Revision of the Binet scale. The article reports that "6.81 per cent, of these cases rate between I. Q. .80 and .92" and that 63% of all pupils have an I.Q. below .70.

"But 6.81 per cent, of these cases rate between I. Q. .80 and .92."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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