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Table 36. — Distribution of scores in examination a, for various scores in the literacy test, Form I — Camp Dix — white 



soldiers, (r. =0.771.) 



Table 37 .—Distribution of scores in examination a, for various scores in the literacy test, Form I — Camp Dix— negro 



soldiers. (r.=0.7Sl.) 



If a score of 22 in the literacy test is taken as the lower limit justifying retention of whites 

 for examination a, those segregated as illiterate and yet receiving a grade of C in examination a 

 form 4.2 per cent of the total group of 407, whereas those marked for retention on this basis 

 and yet receiving below grade C form 8.1 per cent of the total. If the same score is taken as 

 critical with the negroes, the corresponding percentages are 2 per cent and 22.1 per cent. If 25 

 is taken as critical with negroes these percentages become 6 per cent and 10.6 per cent. 



We have no means of determining what degree literacy is required in order that a man may 

 do himself justice in examination a. Whether or not men of literacy score 22 or more might not 

 be better measured by an examination for illiterates than by examination a, we do not know. 

 When this test of literacy was used, therefore, the rule adopted was that the literacy standard 

 should be set as high as the practical conditions allowed. The scores suggest that northern 

 negroes fail to secure as high grades in examination a as do whites of equal literacy. Table 38, 

 which gives the median scores in examination a for each step in literacy, will make the point 

 even clearer. 



Table 39. — Median scores in examination a of whites and negroes of equal literacy. 



