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The Testing of Negro Intelligence: Volume Two

Preface Because The Testing of Negro Intelligence has proved to be so contro¬ versial and because it is probably one of the most universally cited refer¬ ences on testing Negro intelligence and because it is now out of print, we believe the series, begun by Professor Audrey Shuey in 1958, should be continued. Graduate students and investigators planning research, school authorities evaluating test batteries, and industrial psychologists selecting employment tests will find in Volume II the most comprehensive review of the relevant studies of testing Negro intelligence. The most hostile critics of the previous editions found the tables of numbers objectionable, saying only the New York telephone book con¬ tains more numbers than Shuey’s survey. The implication is that numbers bear bad news and should be exorcised. In Volume II, tables have been reduced to the essential minimum. However, measures of central ten¬ dency, variability, and confidence levels have been retained and incorpo¬ rated into the text. The critic who likened the 2nd Edition to the telephone directory also complained that because of Dr. Shuey’s vast system of distribution, her writings had great influence on the th

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