The Variation and Significance of Intelligence Quotients Obtained from Group Tests.

Citation

Miller, W. S. (1924). The Variation and Significance of Intelligence Quotients Obtained from Group Tests. Journal of Educational Psychology, 15(6), 359-366.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0074923

Abstract

That certain group tests have shown a variation in intelligence quotients has been demonstrated. This, then, sets a problem for those who use group tests as indices to equate the IQ's of the different tests. Here is taken into consideration the advisability of equating IQ's from 9 group tests and the problem of test validation. The material is composed of the Miller Mental Ability Form A, Haggerty Intelligence Examination Delta 2 (given June 10, 1922); Army Alpha Form 8, Illinois General Intelligence Scale Form 1, Terman Group Test of Mental Ability Form A (given April 9, 1923); Dearborn Group Test of Intelligence Series II-C (given April 10, 1923); Otis Self-Administering Higher Examination Form A (given May 12, 1923); Stanford-Binet Individual Test (given between March 1 and May 15, 1923). The results show the mental age norms to vary so much that it is impossible to interpret the IQ's from all group tests according to the S-B standard. By translating the IQ's into variability units (tenths of S.D. with zero at 5 S.D. negative) the direct comparison of some group tests by means of the IQ is greatly facilitated. From Psych Bulletin 22:05:00509. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)