A Practical Guide for the Administration of the Binet-Simon Scale for Measuring Intelligence

Various considerations liave constrained me to prepare this, guide. First, the Binet-Simon scale is coming into wider and wider use in institutions for defectives (feebleminded, epileptic, insane, criminal, juvenile delinquents) and in the public schools throughout the country. Such varied application of the tests should in time yield valuable comparative knowledge of various classes of individuals. It is evident, however, that the results will have no comparative, scientific value unless uniformity is observed in the administration of the tests. Discrepancies in the