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.¶
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q2 i? In Williams's four-city California application of the Stanford revision to selected children, 32% were classified feeble-minded, 20% borderline, 22% dull normal, and 26% normal or superior. → Kohs 1917
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Kohs 1917¶
Kohs, Samuel C. (1917). An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature on the Binet-Simon Scale (1913-1917), Part IV. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Annotated+Bibliography+of+Recent+Literature+on+the+Binet-Simon+Scale%22+Kohs
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Entry 435 annotates Williams's 1915 Psychological Clinic article, an "Application of the Stanford revision to selected children in four California cities," reporting the four printed classification percentages. A separate Williams study of 215 delinquent boys also found 32% feeble-minded (#431).
"Application of the Stanford revision to selected children in four California cities. 32% were feeble-minded, 20% borderline, 22% dull normal, and 26% normal or superior."
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Related Claims¶
- 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
- Terman and Knollin indicate the Stanford revision is more accurate than the Vineland revision in estimating dullness, borderlinity and feeble-mindedness. — related
- Application of the Stanford Revision to 1000 non-selected children found the intelligence quotient a valid expression of intelligence, practically no sex differences, and social status not a disturbing influence on mental-age estimates. — related
- Woolley found 25.5% of 18-year-old industrial workers feeble-minded on the point scale and advised changing the definition of feeble-mindedness so tested deficiency better matched common-sense opinion. — related
- The Binet-Simon scale is a valuable diagnostic tool for classifying defective children when used by a trained examiner but dangerous in untrained hands — related
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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. |
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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. |
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