Review of Statistical Method

Abstract

Reviews the book, Statistical Method by Truman Lee Kelley (1923). In his introduction Kelley states that he designed the work chiefly for biologists, economists, educators, and psychologists. Probably the readers of this review will be interested in the work especially for its bearing on educational and psychological problems, particularly those concerned with tests. One of the best things in the book is the masterful manner in which the author has treated the various implications flowing from a fundamental expression originally derived by Spearman. It is high time that it be recognized that experimental work on tests is not a job for an amateur On the contrary, it is distinctly a task for an expert, and one of the indispensable qualifications of such an expert must be a thorough knowledge of statistics. Kelley's Statistical Method will undoubtedly play a dominant part in the statistical training of the test expert for some tune to come. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)