Psychological Test, Minnesota Vocational Test for Clerical Workers
date: label: date made
content: 1933
name: label: maker
content: Andrew, Dorothy M.
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content: Psychological Corporation
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content: This examination represents the expansion of paper and pencil psychological tests to include tests of vocational ability. It seeks to measure aptitude for clerical work, specifically for women entering that area. It was prepared by Dorothy M. Andrew (1909-1989), a graduate student in psychology at the University of Minnesota, under the direction of Donald G. Paterson (1892-1961). Test 1 lists 200 pairs of numbers and asks examinees to check those pairs where the numbers are the same. Test 2 lists 200 names and asks examinees to check when two names in a pair are the same.
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content: After obtaining her M.A. at Minnesota, Andrew taught at the Pennsylvania College for Women. In 1944, she married University of Minnesota psychologist Charles Bird (1893-1957), took his last name, and returned to the Minneapolis area.
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content: References:
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content: Andrew, D.M., “The Construction and Standardization of a Test for File Clerks,” M.A. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1931.
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content: Andrew, D. M., and Paterson, D. G., “Measured Characteristics of Clerical Workers, <I>Bulletin of the Employment Stabilization Research Institute, University of Minnesota</I>, 1934, 3, # 1.
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content: Dorothy M. Andrew, “An Analysis of the Minnesota Vocational Test for Clerical Workers,” <I>Journal of Applied Psychology</I>, 1937, 21 #2, pp. 139–172.
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Gift of David Gold
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0710.16
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content: 1989.0710
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content: 1989.0710.16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in