Book, A Study of American Intelligence
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: author
content: Brigham, Carl C.
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content: Brigham & Peters
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content: In this volume, the Princeton psychologist Carl C. Brigham (1890-1943) examined data from the testing program carried out by the U.S. Army during World War I; a program in which he had participated. Here he first described the tests – the Army Alpha, the Army Beta, and the individual examinations. He then presented a statistical analysis of the results, concluding that Americans with “Nordic” backgrounds were of higher intelligence than recent immigrants from Eastern Europe and Mediterranean nations, as well as African Americans. Brigham himself later questioned his statistical analysis.
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content: References:
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content: Stout, Dale, and Sue Stuart. “E. G. Boring's Review of Brigham's ‘A Study of American Intelligence’: A Case-Study in the Politics of Reviews,” <I>Social Studies of Science</I>, vol. 21, no. 1, 1991, pp. 133–142.
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content: Wedell, C. H. "Carl Campbell Brigham: 1890-1943," <I>The American Journal of Psychology</I>, 1943, 6, no. 2, pp. 305-06.
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content: United States: New Jersey, Princeton
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Gift of David Shakow
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: MA.316372.45
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content: 316372.45
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content: 316372
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