State charity dependent cases contained a much larger percentage of feeble-minded children than the county home cases, 19.5% versus 5.7% by the conservative estimate¶
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q2 i? Comparing the two dependent groups, feeble-mindedness under the conservative diagnosis was 19.5% among state charity cases versus 5.7% among county home cases, because the State Board's wards are a selected problem group. → Pintner 1917
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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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Cross-group comparison of the two observational testing samples reported in the feeble-mindedness section, both diagnosed by the conservative method. The article explains the State Board receives children who are "problems" and difficult to manage, a selected group.
"A comparison of the State Charity cases with the County Home cases shows a much larger percentage of feeble-minded among the former than among the latter, 19.5 per cent, as contrasted with 5.7 per cent, (taking the most conservative estimate in each case)."
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Related Claims¶
- In the unselected county children's home population, the C. M. A. standard yielded 20.8% feeble-minded while the Three Per Cent. Hypothesis yielded 5.7%, with most children classified backward — 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
- In Wallin's St. Louis psycho-educational clinic, of 430 referred cases, 25.9% of 320 boys and 40% of 110 girls were found feeble-minded, with almost twice as many backward and retarded as feeble-minded. — related
- Applying the Stanford revision to selected children in four California cities, Williams classified 32% feeble-minded, 20% borderline, 22% dull normal, and 26% normal or superior. — related
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