Psychological monographs: general and applied . ugh it has not been the intention toselect the men with greater mental ability for any particularline of work, the results of the test indicate that there has beena tendency to select the men with greater mental ability forengineering, particularly design engineering. This agrees withthe results of the study of the technical school grades. How-ever, the difference is not sufficient to differentiate the men, ex-cept that a critical score might be established, below which aman could not be accepted for design engineering. The cor-relations between
Psychological monographs: general and applied . ugh it has not been the intention toselect the men with greater mental ability for any particularline of work, the results of the test indicate that there has beena tendency to select the men with greater mental ability forengineering, particularly design engineering. This agrees withthe results of the study of the technical school grades. How-ever, the difference is not sufficient to differentiate the men, ex-cept that a critical score might be established, below which aman could not be accepted for design engineering. The cor-relations between this test and other tests and ratings are shownin Table X. On examining the cases in which the test scores do not agreewith estimated intelligence, we find that there seem to be certaintendencies causing the disagreement. A table of the cases inwhich there is the greatest disagreement, and those in which there 52 BRUCE V. MOORE Scores in Bureau Test VI 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 -79 -89 -99 -109 -119 -129 -139 -149 -159 -169 -179. DesignEngineers GeneralEngineers Operating,Service,and WorksEngineers SalesEngineers Diagram n. Scores in Bureau Test VI of Graduate Engineers Classifiedby Occupations. Table of Bureau Test VI Scores with Other Criteria. Number Correlation Criteria Correlated with Test VI. of Cases (r) Estimated intelligence, committees rating 74 +46 Composite of technical school grades 56 -\--37 Technical school grades in languages 43 .0 Technical school grades in mathematics 34 +-34 Technical school grades in shop 24 +-67 Technical school grades in engineering 53 Technical school grades in academic subjects 35 .0 Company shop ratings 58 .0 Ratings at employment interview 18 +-58 Rating in intelligence at employment interview 18 +-57 Bureau Test 10, Part I (Insurance salesmen Class 1) .. 64 +.64 Bureau Test 10, Part I (Insurance salesmen Class 2) .. 58 +.91 Bureau Test 10, Part I (Engineers) 18 +.69 Bureau Test 10, Part II (Enginee
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