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creasing per cent of error from the lower grades up. In Table 16, 

 which shows words of approximately the same value at three dif- 

 ferent points on the scale, ''cashmere" is such a word. 



TABLE 16. — Words of Approximately Equal Value at 

 Three Poixts ox the Scale of Difficulty 



Easy words giving 7 to 8 per cent of error. 





Av. 



8 



7 



6 



5 



4 



3 



face 



7 



3 







.9 



1 



4 



6 



5 



10 



1 



31 



8 



hammer 



7 



4 











2 



4 



3 



12 



2 



36 



6 



wave 



7 



7 





1 



4 



2 



2 



4 



3 



11 



4 



35 



goat 



7 



1 



1 



1 



1 



9 



2 



7 



5 



1 



9 



1 



29 



3 



mother 



7 



5 



4 



2 



2 



2 



3 



7 



6 





9 



7 



24 



9 



pictm-e 



7 



1 



1 



4 



2 





3 



1 



2 



9 



11 



6 



35 





carpet 



7 



0 



3 



2 



2 



0 



3 



7 



2 



5 



8 



3 



36 



3 



lamp 



6 



8 



1 



8 



1 



0 



9 





3 



1 



7 



8 



36 



3 



Words of medium difficulty giving 50 to 52 per cent of error. 





Av. 



8 



7 



6 



5 



4 



3 



cashmere 



52.2 



22 



2 



35 



7 



46 



4 



61 





76 



8 



89 



8 



tender 



50.4 



17 



7 



32 





45 



2 



60 



7 



74 



3 



86 



6 



auk 



50.3 



23 



5 



29 



2 



44 





44 



5 



79 



7 



92 





lynx 



50.4 



20 



9 



30 



4 



43 





56 



8 



76 



5 



94 



3 



vise 



50.3 



20 



1 



30 



3 



38 



5 



56 



6 



73 



6 



92 





Words of greater difficulty giving 84 to 86 per cent of error. 





Av. 



8 



7 



6 



5 



4 



3 



peritoneum 



85.4 



60. 



79 



5 



82 



7 



90 





94 



6 



95 



9 



patella 



84. 



49.4 



85 





82 





93 



4 



93 



6 



90 



7 



cormorant 



85.9 



65. 



82 



1 



87 



5 



89 



7 



95 



4 



96 



1 



bittern 



83.8 



67.9 



80 



4 



88 





80 



5 



92 



5 



95 



5 



forgery 



84.4 



25. 



41 





61 



9 



78 



5 



88 



6 



93 



4 



cloister 



85. 



66.8 



86 





82 



4 



87 





89 



7 



93 



4 



chancel 



85.6 



71.5 



83 



6 



87 



2 



85 



8 



82 





94 



2 



Beginning with a per cent of error of 89.8 for the third grade, 

 it decreases gradually up to 22.2 per cent in the eighth. Secondly, 

 for 2 words to have the same value the decreasing error from grade 



