. EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY
research work on the vocation in question so that he can
use positive findings and avoid whatever proved worthless.
Published studies of this sort are to be found in psychologi-
cal journals, trade magazines, volumes of research, and in
miscellaneous publications, reference to which may be found
in bibliographies. His acquaintance with other research
workers often enables the investigator to learn of results
obtained in unpublished studies.
General test publications. These need not relate to the
vocation under study but may cover the general field of
tests and their evaluation. No matter how well acquainted
he is with the field of psychological tests in general, a review
of the literature will assure the investigator that he has not
overlooked any applicable tests.
Since psychological tests are an outgrowth of standard
laboratory experiments in psychology, it will repay effort
to refer to some of the laboratory manuals. Among these
are Titchener (200), Myers (122), Sanford (161), Lang-
feld and Allport (100), Schultze (163), and Scripture
(167), as well as numerous untranslated German volumes.
Manuals of psychological tests constitute a second source
of information. Some of the best known are those of Whip-
ple (220), Franz (54), Woodworth and Wells (225),
Dewey, Child, and Ruml (44), Pintner and Paterson (139),
Giese (61), Downey (48), Ballard (35), Terman (185),
Burt (22), Trabue and Stockbridge (205), Stern (174),
and Lipmann (103). Considerable test material may also
be found in Link (ror), Burtt (23), and Partridge (127),
and in the report on “Psychological Examining in the United
States Army” (228). A number of volumes on educational
measurements and some of the studies published in the
Psychological Monographs and the Archives of Psychology
contain valuable test material. Material may also be found
in the catalogs of the C. H. Stoelting Company (Chicago),
World Book Company (Yonkers), and E. Zimmermann
(Leipzig and Berlin).
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