Time Saving in the Stanford-Binet Test.

Stanford-Binet “Indicators” of Mechanical Ability

tistical evaluation of the items in the Stanford Binet and, incidentally, of certain performance tests that might indicate the presence of mechanical ability. The theory that general intelligence and mechanical ability are distinct traits is consistently confirmed by the low correlations found between tests of intelligence and mechanical ability. Almost all of these studies are based on the tot...

The Accuracy of the Abbreviated Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

How accurate is this abbreviated scale? One way of answering this question is to compare individuals' IQ's on the complete scale with their IQ's derived by considering only the starred tests. This procedure involves, of course, the assumption that an individual taking the complete scale would have the same "passes" and "failures" on the starred tests as he would have had, if he had been given o...

Saving the NHS one blood test at a time

As a team of junior doctors our aim has been to save costs in day to day work so that money can be reallocated to improving nursing staff levels on our wards. Stem cell units have regular blood collection schedules in order to monitor organ response to chemotherapy and to look for complications in immunocompromised patients. We set out to reduce the number of biochemical investigations to a min...

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the revised Stanford-Binet.

An Analysis of the Binet Test of Naming Words

years and sixth months. The I.Qs. ranged from 50 to 110 with a median I.Q. of 70. There were 90 children with a mental age between eight and nine years and 110 children with a mental age between nine and ten years. The actual responses given by the children were taken down in shorthand by the examiner. An alphabetical tabulation was then prepared, making it possible to ascertain how many times ...