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Deficiency and Delinquency: An Interpretation of Mental Testing

Chapter 53: TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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The author evaluates mental testing methods and proposes a quantitative definition of intellectual deficiency, arguing that deficiency is a degree rather than a different kind. The work explains adapting percentage cutoffs to the Binet and other developmental scales, identifies borderline regions for immature and mature examinees, and compares test results with school retardation and institutional data. Drawing on delinquent samples and school records, it analyzes correlations between tested deficiency and delinquency, discusses alternative diagnostic checks, and considers implications for social care and testing practice.

INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

  1. Changed the total column in Table X on p. 151 for the life-age 8 row to 1 and the Totals row to 124.
  2. In TABLE XIII. on p. 179 the GIRLS Percentages columns on the Ordinary Pupils row only adds up to 99%.
  3. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.