Binet testing of one hundred juvenile court cases classified sixty-six per cent as feeble-minded¶

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q2 i? The review reports, citing Goddard's 1912 study, that of one hundred juvenile court cases examined with the Binet test, sixty-six per cent were found feeble-minded. → Kohs 1914

Evidence¶

Kohs 1914¶

Kohs, S. C. (1914). The Binet-Simon Measuring Scale for Intelligence: An Annotated Bibliography. Part II. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Binet-Simon+Measuring+Scale+for+Intelligence%22+Kohs+annotated+bibliography

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The review attributes to Goddard's 1912 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology article the examination of 'one hundred juvenile court cases' with the Binet test, with sixty-six per cent found feeble-minded; no test statistics are printed.

"The Binet test used in the examination of one hundred juvenile court cases. Sixty-six per cent were found feeble-minded."

Discussion¶

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• Large majorities of delinquent and reformatory girls tested with the Binet scale were classified feeble-minded — related
• Goddard's Binet results indicated fifteen thousand feeble-minded children in the New York City public schools — related
• Among 82 state charity cases of dependent children, the most conservative estimate put 19.5% feeble-minded and only about 37% testing up to normal — related
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