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Indiana University Studies 



Cities Cooperating 

 The list of cities cooperating- in these tests is as follows: 



Alexandria. Hartford City. 



Anderson. Kendallville. 



Blulfton. Laporte. 



Columbia City. Michigan City. 



Crawfordsville. Mount Vernon. 



Crown Point. Noblesville. 



Decatur. Plymouth. 



Elwood. Princeton. 



East Chicago. Rochester. 



Frankfort. Wabash. 

 Total number of children reported, 8,712. 



In the tables, charts, and discussions which follow, these cities 

 are indicated by numbers. The order is not alphabetical. Each 

 city reported the children of four school grades, four tests to each 

 grade. The results of each test are figured for the number of 

 problems attempted (speed) and the number correctly solved 

 (accuracy). This gives ihivty-tivo measures of each school system. 

 Further, the per cent of variability and per cent of dependability 

 are computed. 



Results : Tables 



In order that the reader may have a fair view of all the results, 

 they will first be presented in the form of distribution tables. 

 Table I is for the number of problems attempted in the fifth grade 

 in Test 1 (addition). It reads acrovss as follows: In city 1, there 

 are in the fifth grade: 1 child who attempted 1 problem, 2 chil- 

 dren who attempted 2 problems, 7 children who attempted 3 prob- 

 lems, and so on across the table ; the total number of children 

 taking the test being 156, the median 7.2, and the per cent of 

 variability 25. Inasmuch as the number of children in the sev- 

 eral cities differs widely a direct comparison is difficult. The tables 

 have, therefore, been reduced to a per cent basis. Since the total 

 number of children is given in each case it is easy to find the num- 

 ber making each score by multiplying the total number by the per 

 cent in the score required. 



Table II represents the same facts shown in Table I and reads : 

 In city 1, .6 per cent of the children attempted 1 problem, 1.3 per 

 cent of the children attempted 2 problems, and so on across the 

 table, the total number of children being 156, the median attempts 

 being 7.2, and the per cent of variability being 25. The mode in 

 each case is in bold face type. Tables II to XXXIII contain all 

 the data resulting from these tests. 



