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APPLYING THE RESULTS 
At the time of this writing the tests found significant 
in the course of the experiment just described had been 
given to over 2,900 applicants for the work of inspection. 
Of this number over 800 had been assigned to work 
other than that of inspection. These facts are in them 
selves some testimony as to the practical application 
pf the results of the experiment. However, this chapter 
ls concerned not so much with the extent to which the 
tests were applied, as with the question of just how and 
With what success they were applied. This question will 
be discussed in two ways: first, by showing what would 
have been the practical advantages had the inspectors 
who were tested in the course of the first experiment been 
tested before being hired; and secondly, how and with 
^hat success the tests were later given to a large number 
°f new applicants who came into the employment office 
for work 
In describing what would have been the advantages if 
the tests had been given to those inspectors who were 
examined on the job, we shall first consider in detail some 
individual cases. One of the conspicuous instances of the 
Practical significance of the tests was the case of an inspec 
tor who was examined at the particular request of her 
foreman. The foreman remarked, at the time, that she 
one of his best girls. With this unsolicited bias in 
tornd, the experimenter was not surprised to find that the 
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