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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY 
girl did very well in the tests. While she was going 
through them, the experimenter noted down the usual 
remarks which he was in the habit of passing on each sub 
ject in his capacity of an observer rather than an experi 
menter. In this case they were as follows: 
General intelligence A 
Rhythm A 
Attention A 
Physique Slender, healthy 
Personal appearance ..Neat, attractive 
Remarks Capable looking, ambitious, 
clean movements. 
However, when this girl came to the number group check 
ing test (8 in the Appendix), she began it so poorly that 
it seemed as if she had mistaken the instructions; and so, 
taking the paper away from her, the experimenter repeated 
them. “I understood you the first time,” she answered 
pleasantly, and then proceeded to do the test in 204.4 
seconds, which was 19.4 seconds slower (including mis 
takes) than the maximum time set for this test. This 
puzzled the experimenter and so he inquired further from 
the foreman as to the success of this girl. It thereupon 
developed that, although she was a very steady and con 
scientious worker, and of more than average intelligence 
and willingness, she had been working for over six weeks 
and had not yet reached the stage usually reached by 
successful girls in one or two weeks. She was still on day 
work, and her inability to make piece-work puzzled not 
only herself but the foreman as well. In this instance, 
therefore, when all other signs pointed conclusively to 
ward a successful inspector, this test—the test which had 
shown the highest correlation, it will be remembered— 
showed conclusively that; she lacked the very qualification