5° 
EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY 
had been applied, seventeen were definitely unsatisfactory, 
while nine were not described. And of those above the 
standard who would have been hired, thirty-four were 
definitely described as satisfactory, only one as unsatis 
factory, and thirty-two could not be designated. These 
results were such as to vindicate the application of the 
tests, even at a time when workers were urgently de 
manded. 
Later on, however, it was possible to make a much more 
satisfactory comparison, based upon the actual produc 
tion or output record of the girls. Forty-three inspectors 
who had succeeded or almost succeeded in becoming piece 
workers, and who had been at work for two months or 
more, were considered in this comparison. The hourly 
production of each girl was averaged for a period extend 
ing from one to four months. In this way a consistent 
production record was obtained for each girl, one which 
expressed the dominant characteristics of the girl rather 
than her particular ability on a particular day. The rank 
ing of the girls in production was then compared with 
their rankings in the cancellation and number group 
checking tests, tests number 8 and 6. (Test number 
2, the card sorting test, had not been given because of 
the length of time it required and because of the large 
number of girls who were applying for work.) The corre 
lation for these tests was found to be very good, being 
forty-four for number 8, forty-seven for number 6, and 
fifty-eight for both tests when taken together. These 
correspondences are not as high as some of those found in 
the first experiment, but it will be remembered that at the 
time of this comparison a good many extremes had already 
been eliminated by their own failure. 
The striking thing about this comparison, however, is