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TABLE VL— MEDIAN SCORES IN ADDITION: BLOOMINGTON 

 COMPARED WITH TWENTY INDIANA CITIES (May, 1914} 





Attempts 



Rights 



Accuracy 



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Highest Median of Twenty Indiana Cities 



8.9 



5.6 



65 



Bloomington Median, 6B 



9.7 



6.9 



72 



Bloomington Median, 6A 



10.5 



7.5 



71 



Seventli Grade — 









Highest Median of Twenty Indiana Cities 



9.4 



6.4 



68 



Bloomington Median, 7B 



10.8 



8.1 



75 



Bloomington Median, 7A 



11.8 



8.4 



71 



Eighth Grade — 











10.3 



7.2 



69 



Bloomington Median, 8B 



12 



9.3 



78 



Bloomington Median, 8A 



13.7 



10.4 



76 



A comparison of Table V with Table VI reveals the following 

 facts: 



1. Bloomington's medians in speed, rights, and dependability 

 are higher than the highest median of the twenty Indiana cities. 



2. Bloomington's variability in speed is less in most grades 

 and in no grade greater, while in rights in every grade the varia- 

 bility is lower, than any of the twenty Indiana cities. 



Figure II, which is a copy of the Indiana Standard (1914), 

 presents graphically Bloomington's position on the scale in both 

 February and June. 



Now from all of these facts and comparisons are we not justified 

 in stating as our first conclusion that the drill had the desired 

 effect? You must so conclude if desired effect is to be determined 

 by higher medians and less variability. 



Just here, however, we find ourselves raising several questions 

 which seem worth answering so far at least as any of the data 

 we have can answer them. 



First, was there any transfer of increased ability in addition 

 to the other fundamental operations? Figure III presents the 

 conditions ''before and after taking" in all of the fundamentals. 

 At a glance, it can be seen that the drill in addition produced in- 

 creased skill in addition and in addition only. Note that in the 

 other operations the lines are almost coincident. We conclude, 

 therefore, that the drill in addition did not affect skill in the 

 other fundamental operations. 



