A universal scale of individual performance tests [Review of the book A universal scale of individual performance tests (examination manual)

Abstract

Reviews the book, A Universal Scale of Individual Performance Tests (Examination Manual) by Paul C. Squires (see record 1926-10558-000 ). This volume constitutes Part One of a monograph that reports a project undertaken by the writer at Princeton University during the years 1923 to 1925 under an appropriation made by the Committee on Scientific Problems of Human Migration, of the National Research Council. The writer states that he has attempted to construct a scale of individual performance tests that will completely dispense with the use of language, that will differentiate within the upper as well as within the lower ranges of intelligence, and that may be applied to any individual whatever, irrespective of race, nationality or culture. To what extent he has succeeded in this attempt it is impossible even to hazard a guess until the data obtained by the use of the scale are available. There are fourteen tests, described in detail in the following order: 1. Series Forward Test; 2. Single Cube-piles test; 3. Association Test (Pictorial); 4. Association Test (Quantitative); 5. Arrangement of Cube-piles Test; 6. Painted Cube Test; 7. Series Reversed Test; 8. Association Test (Geometric); 9. Block Construction Test; 10. Picture Analysis Test; 11. Reasoning Test; 12 Free Analogies Test (Pictorial); 13. Spot Pattern Test; and 14. Right and Left Hands Test. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)