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ing the entire test of 43 words, the girls were superior in 14 of the 

 18 cities and in the test as a whole. Figure X pictures these 

 results. The margin of superiority for the girls is not great, but 

 it is constant and therefore significant. It tends to confirm a 

 rather widespread common-sense notion that girls have superior 

 language abilities. 



TABLE 13.— Sex Differences 



Visual vocabulary. Average error per line. 



City 



Sex 



No. 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



10.5 



11 



Average 

 by Sex 



1 



B ... 



219 



.41 



.79 



1.21 



1 



95 



2 



64 



3 



05 



2 



95 



4.10 



2 



17 



17.81 



1 



G... 



265 



.28 



.61 



.97 



1 



31 



2 



38 



3 



06 



2 



39 



3.90 



2 



16 



15.61 



2 



B.... 



135 



.49 



.58 



1.20 



1 



78 



2 



77 



3 



34 



3 



12 



3.93 



1 



69 



17.79 



2 



G,... 



176 



.26 



.40 



.80 



1 



25 



2 



58 



3 



18 



2 



74 



3.76 



1 



84 



15.59 



3 



B... 



438 



.40 



.72 



1.02 



1 



86 



2 



88 



3 



22 



2 



89 



4.11 



2 



24 



10.83 



3 



G.... 



456 



.35 



.28 



.53 



1 



00 



2 



03 



2 



65 



2 



25 



3.28 



2 



42 



13.18 



4 



B... 



240 



.28 



.39 



1.19 



2.02 



2 



80 



2 



97 



2 



67 



4.10 



1 



86 



17.74 



4 



G.... 



266 



.21 



.40 



1.01 



1 



89 



2 



73 



3 



26 



2 



43 



4.26 



2 



27 



17.21 



5 



B.... 



197 



.49 



.73 



1.29 



1 



96 



2 



25 



2 



91 



2 



51 



3.61 



1 



87 



16.36 



5 



G.... 



200 



.36 



.67 



1.20 



1 



87 



2 



54 



3 



33 



2 



57 



3.58 



2 



12 



16.87 



7 



B ... 



227 



.33 



.60 



1.36 



2 



18 



2 



69 



.3 



19 



3 



08 



4.04 



2 



10 



18.11 



7 



G.... 



193 



.24 



.55 



1.24 



1 



88 



2 



45 



2 



62 



2 



71 



3.97 



2 



32 



16.32 



8 



B... 



495 



.61 



.99 



1.54 



2 



44 



2 



91 



3 



47 



3 



20 



4.02 



2 



01 



19.89 



8 



G.... 



566 



.47 



.91 



1.38 



1 



94 



2 



45 



3 



03 



2 



28 



3.33 



1 



79 



16,58 



9 



B... 



591 



.30 



.51 



1.17 



1 



79 



2 



90 



3 



23 



2 



71 



3.72 



2 



05 



17.02 



9 



G.. . . 



551 



.18 



.48 



.86 



1 



48 



2 



86 



3 



34 



2 



29 



3.68 



2 



30 



15.93 



10 



B... 



383 



.23 



.38 



.95 



1 



49 



2 



52 



2 



92 



2 



62 



3.68 



1 



59 



15.32 



10 



G.... 



410 



.16 



.34 



.75 



1 



68 



2 



53 



3 



17 



2.47 



3.72 



1 



95 



15.47 



11 



B... 



200 



.25 



.68 



1.49 



2 



19 



2 



78 



3 



30 



3 



03 



3.95 



1 



29 



5.07 



11 



G.... 



187 



.17 



.41 



.90 



1 



46 



2 



46 



3 



78 



2 



37 



3.69 



2 



20 



10.79 



12 



B.... 



242 



.39 



.63 



1.23 



2 



51 



2 



75 



3 



23 



3 



38 



4.16 



1 



30 



19.56 



12 



G.... 



200 



.34 



.76 



1.24 



1 



89 



2 



82 



3 



33 



3 



07 



4.10 



1 



43 



18.97 



13 



B... 



377 



.41 



.68 



1.27 



1 



77 



2 



67 



3 



52 



2 



90 



3.95 



2 



02 



17.57 



13 



G... . 



340 



.26 



.53 



1.13 



1 



77 



2 



53 



3 



35 



2 



31 



3.99 



2 



19 



16.86 



14 



B.... 



587 



.74 



1.06 



1.84 



2 



69 



3 



17 



3 



70 



3 



59 



4.41 



2 



14 



21.94 



14 



G.. . . 



645 



.46 



.69 



1.36 



1 



91 



3 



04 



3 



45 



3 



08 



4.37 



2 



23 



18.51 



15 



B... 



194 



.44 



.84 



1.42 



2 



02 



2 



92 



2 



98 



3 



10 



3.76 



1 



88 



18.11 



15 



G.... 



212 



.21 



.59 



.92 



1 



60 



2 



52 



2 



78 



2 



41 



3.40 



1 



75 



14.83 



16 



B... 



257 



.78 



1.07 



1.76 



2 



25 



2 



99 



3 



20 



2 



93 



3.84 



1 



98 



19.78 



16 



G... . 



214 



.40 



.85 



1.44 



1 



84 



3 



04 



3 



01 



2 



63 



3.84 



2 



27 



18.10 



17 



B.... 



314 



.66 



1.12 



1.79 



2 



36 



3 



23 



3 



52 



3 



20 



4.06 



2 



01 



20.62 



17 



G.... 



298 



.44 



.79 



1.58 



2 



00 



2 



99 



3 



44 



2 



71 



3.95 



2 



16 



18.61 



18.". 



B... 



126 



.30 



.44 



.83 



1 



37 



2 



47 



2 



85 



2 



86 



3.93 



1 



87 



15.77 



18 



G.... 



135 



.12 



.27 



.61 



1 



05 



2 



31 



3 



09 



2 



55 



4.23 



2 



15 



14.98 



