Psychological Test, Otis Classification Test. Examination: Form B
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: author
content: Otis, A. S.
label: publisher
content: World Book Company
notes: label: Description
content: This test, designed for grades four to eight, was designed classify students, in order to assist in student placement. It combined an achievement test with a test of mental ability. Questions are in a multiple choice format. This is Form B of the test. The author, Arthur S. Otis, had completed his PhD. dissertation at Stanford in 1920 and then went to work for the World Book Company (not the publisher of encyclopedias). For more on his career and tests, see 1989.0710.03 and 1989.0710.04.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: A.S. Otis, “The Making of a Classification Test,” <I>Contributions to Education</I>, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York: World Book Company, 1924, vol. 1, pp. 149-159.
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.154
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content: 1990.0034.154
label: accession number
content: 1990.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.7 cm x 28 cm; 8 17/32 in x 11 1/32 in