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ARE RURAL CHILDREN HANDICAPPED BY THE USE OF SPEEDED TESTS IN SELECTION PROCEDURES?
Author(s) -
MORETON C. ANNE,
BUTCHER H. J.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1963.tb00559.x
Subject(s) - disadvantage , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , developmental psychology , political science , artificial intelligence , law , computer science
S ummary . It is widely believed in country areas that the country child is at a disadvantage in the working of speeded tests. This hypothesis was tested by the comparison of two samples, each of about 300 children aged 10–11, one from rural Westmorland, one from central Manchester. Power and speed scores were obtained from N.F.E.R. tests of Arithmetic, English and Verbal Reasoning. Almost all net differences were statistically significant in the expected direction, tending to confirm the hypothesis, but were not sufficiently large to suggest a need for revision of selection procedures.