Intelligence Test Ratings and Trainability of Nurses

1. On an average they rated 8 percentile points above the average for high school seniors. 2. All except one came from the upper ninety per cent of high school seniors. Nearly two thirds of the nurses rated above the average for high school seniors. 3. They rated 13 percentile points above the Indiana high school senior girls who reported nursing to be their choice of life work. 4. On an average they rated 7 percentile points above the average for Indiana teachers in training. 5. The average number of credit points earned by even the lowest group of nurses was distinctly higher than the average for the entire University. 6. The students rating highest on the Intelligence Test made distinctly the highest average in both their theoretical studies and their efficiency record on practical work. 7. There was no significant difference between the efficiency records on practical work of the students who rated lowest and those who rated average on the tests, neither was there much difference between these two groups in the number of credit points earned in theoretical studies.