The Myers Mental Measure requires only 20 minutes and is said to correlate .80 with the Standard Revision of the Binet Scale¶
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q1 i? The Myers Mental Measure, for grades 1-8, can be administered in 20 minutes and reportedly correlates .80 with the Standard Revision of the Binet Scale. → Bell 1921
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Bell 1921¶
Bell, J. C. (1921). Group tests of intelligence: An annotated list. Journal of Educational Psychology, 12(2), 103–108. doi:10.1037/h0073682
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Annotated-list entry for the Myers Mental Measure by Caroline E. and Garry C. Myers. The correlation is hedged as "said to show", i.e. attributed rather than independently verified by the article's author.
"An outgrowth of experience with the Army Mental Tests. Requires only 20 minutes to give, and is said to show a correlation of .80 with the Standard Revision of the Binet Scale."
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Related Claims¶
- Against Stanford Binet criteria for 300 grade 3–6 children, the mental index correlated .47, the educational index .52, crude score with mental age .80, mental with educational index .62, and Difference with I.Q. .21 — related
- Group scales allow examining fifty or a hundred children in an hour, whereas individual Binet testing restricts use to special cases — related
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The Myers Mental Measure requires only 20 minutes and is said to correlate .80 with the Standard Revision of the Binet Scale |
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The Myers Mental Measure requires only 20 minutes and is said to correlate .80 with the Standard Revision of the Binet Scale |
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