Whipple's Group Test for Grammar Grades is only tentatively standardized and its administration difficulties make its use somewhat unsatisfactory¶
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q1 i? The Whipple Group Test for Grammar Grades, tentatively standardized for grades 4 to 7, is judged somewhat unsatisfactory in use because of difficulties of administration. → 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 Guy M. Whipple's Group Test for Grammar Grades, published by Public School Publishing Company. The author's evaluative comment identifies administration difficulty as a practical limitation; no data are printed.
"These tests (arithmetic, completion, substitution, reasoning, punched-hole test, and proverbs) have been tentatively standardized for grades 4 to 7, but difficulties of administration make their use somewhat unsatisfactory."
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Whipple's Group Test for Grammar Grades is only tentatively standardized and its administration difficulties make its use somewhat unsatisfactory |
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Whipple's Group Test for Grammar Grades is only tentatively standardized and its administration difficulties make its use somewhat unsatisfactory |
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