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We found uo sex differences among our subjects. Siiiee there were 

 only five men and twenty women, our results can only be suggestive, but, 

 in this investigation, the women differed more among themselves than 

 they did from the men. For example, a group of five women school- 

 teachers dillVi-ed more from a group of five women students than the 

 whole gruu|) of women, or any separate group of them, differed from 

 the men. 



It was also interesting to note that the group of five women school- 

 teachers had a very much higher correlation with the gi'oup, as a whole, 

 on the subject of the practicability of the budgets prepared for a school- 

 teacher's salary than the rest of the group. 



Another point suggested by this experiment is tlie fact that individuals 

 whose average correlation differed witliin a very small range had a very 

 much higher general average than those individuals wdio differed over a 

 very wide range. 



Another interesting fact was that those individuals who liad the lowest 

 correlation for the judgment of punishments were, in almost every case, 

 people who had had no experience in punishing. 



We also found that those individuals who had the highest average were, 

 approximately, the oldest people in the group, whereas those who had the 

 lowest average were about the youngest. These facts suggest that judg- 

 ment is a matter of practice. 



The facts, as here presented, seem to suggest a negative correlation 

 between practical and artistic judgment. 



Professor Ruger : A series of fifteen puzzles, fourteen of which formed 

 a related series involving the same ])rinciple, but with increasing com- 

 plexities, was given to 55 students (30 women and 25 men) in the me- 

 chanical drawing classes of Teachers College, and to 23 students (15 

 women aiid 8 men) taking an advanced course in mathematics. Thirty 

 minutes were allowed for the test. On the present method of scoring, 

 each puzzle was counted as having a value of 1. As a matter of fact the 

 later numbers were nmre difficult than the earlier. Weighting the later 

 members Avould probably enhance the differences to be stated. In the 

 group of 55 students 6 2/3 per cent, of the women reached the rank of 

 the median man. In the case of the mathematics group 20 per cent, of 

 tlie women reached the rank of the median man. 



A single puzzle was tried willi three other groups of students, chiefiy 

 m elementar}- and secondary education. In group .1, 5 men and 21 

 women, 29 per cent, of the Momen I'eached or exceeded the position of 

 the median man. In group B, S men and 22 women, 9 per cent, of the 

 M'omen reached the i)osition of the median man. In group C. 6 men and 



