Hadow (1924)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Preface, Contents, Membership, Analysis, Introduction
Chapter 1 History of development of psychological tests
Chapter 2 Summary of evidence
Chapter 3 Possible applications, conclusions and recommendations
Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Recent experiments
Appendix III Use of tests in foreign countries
Appendix IV Standardisation and norms (Cyril Burt)
Appendix V Correlation in mental testing (Cyril Burt)
Appendix VI Grades in US schools (AE Twentyman)
Appendix VII Recent publications
Appendix VIII Examples of tests
Appendix IX General, special and group abilities
Index

Notes on the text

The full text of the report (including the Appendices) is online.

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For a summary of this report, see my article The Hadow Reports: an introduction.