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Section 10. — Stencils for scoring group examinations. 



Most of the group examination tests were scored by means of transparent celluloid stencils, 

 each marked with india ink, so that when placed on the corresponding page of the booklet 

 it gave the correct answers to the test. Actual answers in the booklet, if correct, match the 

 stencil. For certain tests (alpha, test 2, arithmetic, for instance) it was more convenient to 

 have the answers written on a strip of cardboard, which might be laid alongside the column of 

 answers for comparison. These methods served three purposes: (1) They contributed to the 

 speed in scoring, on which depended prompt report of results. (2) They eliminated the necessity 

 for judgment by the scorer as to correctness of response; this made possible the use of men 

 temporarily detailed for scoring during rush examining, without a long period of training. 

 (3) It was obvious to all that results thus obtained gave an objective and impersonal measure- 

 ment. 



In plate 5B, p. 90, some of the celluloid stencils may be seen in the foreground. 



Section 11. — Individual examinations. 



The following blanks were used during the preliminary examining in the fall of 1917: 



1. Individual examination (see Examiner's Guide, first revision, pp. 130 to 148). 



2. Mazes, used in connection with test D, individual examination (see Examiner's Guide, 

 first revision, p. 133). 



3. Stenquist mechanical test (see Examiner's Guide, first revision, pp. 146 to 147). 



The following individual examination blanks are those regularly used during the examina- 

 tion of recruits from April, 1918, to January, 1919: 



1. Point Scale examination (see Examiner's Guide, second revision, pp. 168 to 171). 



2. Stanford-Binet examination (see Examiner's Guide, second revision, pp. 172 to 182). 



3. Performance Scale examination (see Examiner's Guide, second revision, pp. 182 to 194). 



