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(c) Group examining materials: 



Beta outfit (blackboard and frame), March 15, 1918, 30; May 14, 1918, 30. 

 (/) Individual examining materials: 



Stanford-Binet, February 15, 1918, 500 sets; May 13, 1918, 500 sets. 



Point Scale, February 15, 1918, 500 sets; May 13, 1918, 500 sets. 



Ship test (Performance Scale, test 1); February 16, 1918, 200 (100 additional blocks); May 14, 1918, 200 

 (100 additional blocks). 



Manikin (Performance Scale, test 2); February 16, 1918, 200; May 13, 1918, 200. 



Feature profile (Performance Scale, test 2); February 16, 1918, 200; May 13, 1918, 200. 



Cube imitation. (Performance Scale, test 3); February 16, 1918, 200; May 13, 1918, 200. 



Cube construction (Performance Scale, test 4); February 16, 1918, 200; May 13, 1918, 200. 



Form board (Performance Scale, test 5); February 16, 1918, 200; May 13, 1918, 200. 



Picture completion (Performance Scale, test 10); February 16, 1918, 100; May 13, 1918, 300. 



Picture arrangement (Performance Scale, test 9); January 23, 1918, 1,000 sets. 

 (g) Supplementary materials for each staff in the field : 



Six gross lead pencils; three pencil sharpeners; two typewriters; two typewriter tables; one chest of tools. 



With the development and introduction of three different methods of individual examining 

 and of a special procedure for the group examining of illiterates it became necessary for the staff 

 of the Division of Psychology to design and direct the manufacture of numerous items of equip- 

 ment, of which the principal ones have been listed above. This work was accomplished expedi- 

 tiously and at very reasonable cost through the patriotic service of various firms and with the 

 generous assistance of Dr. Healy, who permitted the unrestricted use of his revised picture 

 completion test. The Houghton-Mifflin Co. also permitted the manufacture for army use of 

 the Stanford-Binet materials and the printing of a special form of record blank. 



One of the principal sources of embarrassment to the division was delay in transportation. 

 It was foreseen that materials would have to be manufactured in large quantities if shortages 

 were to be avoided but it was also foreseen that methods would necessarily undergo radical 

 revision which would probably render old materials useless. The staff consequently had to 

 compromise, taking some risk of shortage together with some risk of waste. 



Since they are important documents for further scientific procedures, as well as for historical 

 purposes, both the first and the second revisions of the Examiner's Guide and all of the exami- 

 nation blanks and report forms are reproduced in this volume (pp. 123 to 199). 



In March, 1919, the Supply Division of the Office of the Surgeon General recommended the 

 sale of all surplus psychological materials, with the exception of certain items and quantities 

 reserved for the use of the permanent Army. A hst of these materials with their approximate 

 cost to the Army follows: 



Group examination alpha blanks 



Group examination beta blanks 



Psychological record cards 



Report of psychological examination blanks 



Performance Scale examination blanks 



Point Scale examination blanks 



Stanford-Binet examination blanks 



Beta outfits 



Picture completion tests 



Ship tests 



Cost. 



Cost. 



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Manikin and feature profile tests 



Dearborn form boards - 



Weighted cubes 



Cube construction sets 



Cube imitation sets 



Picture arrangement sets 



Point Scale materials 



Stanford-Binet materials 



Stenquist sets 



Lot. 



There is a general belief that the War Department paid extravagantly for its materials 

 and service. Precisely the opposite is true in the case of psychological examining, since the 

 printed materials and examining equipment were purchased at figures far below those usually 

 paid by civilians, and since highly trained examiners worked in the Army on salaries which 

 averaged considerably less than their civilian salaries. 



Estimates of the cost of examining soldiers indicate that during the preliminary period of 



work in four National Army cantonments psychological examination cost approximately 30 



cents per man. Subsequently the introduction of new methods and the growth of personnel 



increased the amount to approximately 50 cents. In making this estimate the cost of space for 



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