Abstract
EVALUATION of the character of his fellows plays an important part in the life of man. In harmony with this, the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education in its report on “Psychological Tests of Educable Capacity” expresses the opinion that “a careful and detailed study of the legitimate aims and inevitable limitations of viva-voce examinations” presents a promising line of advance in the attempt to discover reliable means of assessing ability. Dr. Magson's work, “published as a first contribution towards this complete and detailed study,” is an excellent example of the painstaking industry with which psychologists, by the statistical treatment of adequate data obtained under carefully controlled experimental conditions, are unravelling the complexities of mental activity.
How we Judge Intelligence: an Investigation into the Value of an Interview as a Means of estimating General Intelligence.
By Egbert H. Magson. (Thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London.) (The British Journal of Psychology, Monograph Supplements, 9.) Pp. ix+115. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1926.) 8s. 6d. net.
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BARTLETT, R. Judging Intelligence. Nature 118, 687–688 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118687a0
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