Two-test admission battery: omnibus association test plus Thorndike reading scale¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The battery used for 1916 medical school applicants comprised an omnibus test "fashioned after the one reported by Scott," arranged in triplicate to prevent communication between groups tested on different days, and sets of the Thorndike Improved Scale for Reading Ability, Scale Alpha 2. Both tests were given at one sitting, scored for rate and quality, with each omnibus error penalized by adding ten seconds to raw time to give a weighted time. The article states the two tests occupied two examiners for not to exceed one and one-half hours and that a hundred applicants may be examined at a sitting.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Accurate time keeping on both tests and scoring by persons familiar with the work.

Constraints¶

No applicants were examined who did not meet the academic requirements for entrance to the Medical School.

Target Learners¶

applicants to a university medical school

Learning Goals¶

evaluation of mental capacity and general mental fitness for medical study

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Haggerty, M. E. (1918). Tests of applicants for admission to University of Minnesota Medical School. Journal of Educational Psychology, 9(5), 278–286. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0071405 https://books.google.com

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`title`	`Two-test admission battery: omnibus association test plus Thorndike reading scale`
`description`	`The battery used for 1916 medical school applicants comprised an omnibus test "fashioned after the one reported by Scott," arranged in triplicate to prevent communication between groups tested on different days, and s...`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-10-25`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `haggerty-1918`

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