When individual growth-increment curves are correlated with scholarship without reference to body size or stage of development, no decided relation between scholarship and physical growth appears¶

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q2 i? For the twenty-nine boys, curve correlations of weight and height increments with scholarship show no decided relation; height increment shows slightly more negative than positive correlation. → Stewart 1917 q2 i? Weight increment and scholarship show slightly more positive correlation during high school than during preceding grades, and slightly more positive correlation for boys of thirteen years or over. → Stewart 1917 (2)

Evidence¶

Stewart 1917¶

Stewart, S. F. (1917). A study of physical growth and school standing of boys. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070804

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Individual curve analysis of twenty-nine boys with four or more successive years of records (Chart VIII). Weight increment was entirely positively correlated with scholarship for eight boys and entirely negatively for six; height increment correlations split 3 positive, 3 negative, 11 mixed or zero.

"The above tabulation suggests that when sets of curves are considered there does not seem to be any decided relation between scholarship and physical growth."

Stewart 1917 (2)¶

Stewart, S. F. (1917). A study of physical growth and school standing of boys. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070804

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Chart IX distributes yearly curve correlations of all twenty-nine boys by school grade: weight-and-scholarship totals 36 positive versus 31 negative, height-and-scholarship 27 positive versus 32 negative. Chart X shows slightly more positive weight correlation for boys thirteen and over.

"The numbers indicate that there is slightly more positive correlation of scholarship and weight in- crement during high school than during the preceding grades. For scholarship and height increment there is slightly more negative than positive correlation."

Discussion¶

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