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The practical possibilities.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 3 –18

The increase of profits that may be secured by adopting easily workable test-systems for choosing employees, is proven by typical cases found in recent practice. This is followed by a graphic description of the actual application of such tests to piece-workers, typists, bookkeepers, and clerks....

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Testing the executive and the administrative staff.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 19 –51

In this chapter, Testing the executive and the administrative staff, the author presents pamphlet tests for the following: thought speed, writing speed, concentration, or recovery from interruption, mathematical speed and accuracy, memory of names and faces, personal opinion or executive...

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Employment blanks.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 53 –62

The employment blank provides a means for securing records of nationality, family environment, experience, interests, life history, economy, tastes, and general mental make-up. These are important data for determining personality and special capacity, as will be shown in later chapters. (PsycInfo...

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Personality.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 65 –78

In this chapter, "Personality," the author looks at the following topics: The scientific and philosophic basis for the analysis of character; Mental and physical bases of personality; Memory as the foundation of character; Development of selfishness, egotism, and will from memory; Sources of...

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The three laws of labor standardization.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 79 –89

Some reader may ask, what has the new science of standardizing man which is absolutely dependable, and can justify its assumption of the name of science? It is the purpose here to assert and explain three laws which are basic to the science, and, we believe, will remain permanently at its...

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Strength of memory.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 90 –96

In this chapter, "Strength of memory," the author looks at the following topics: Qualities specially important in salesmen, hotel clerks, waiters, and elsewhere of general application; Tests for tabular variety, reasoning type, eye and ear memory, touch memory, memory of design, memory of names...

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Age and sex.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 97 –102

In this chapter, Age and sex, the author discusses the following topics: Application to light and heavy work, typists, and general; Comparative sex tests for speed in action, intelligence, eye and ear response, memory, reasoning, detail, honesty, tact, general information, and decision. (PsycInfo...

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Environment; Nationality; Parentage; Present family; Societies; Social status; History; Interests; Habits.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 103 –108

In this chapter, "Environment," the author discusses the following topics: Application to laborers, garment-workers, automobile shops, bonded employees, cigar salesmen, chauffeurs, pilots, crane hands, aeroplanists, steeple jacks, bridge builders, book salesmen, watch-making; Tests:...

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Life-contact knowledge. Observed and general information; Business experience; Language; Terminology.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 109 –118

In this chapter, "Life-contact knowledge," the author discusses the following topics: Application to executives, clerks, stenographers, editors, machinists, weavers, type-setters, and general workers; Tests: General information, advertising pictures, employment blank, typing speed and accuracy,...

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Hearsay (authority), education and reading, mathematics, religion.

Kemble, William Fretz

Pages: 119 –144

In this chapter, "Hearsay (authority), education and reading, mathematics, religion," the author discusses the following topics: Tests: Employment-blank tests for authority; Education tests; grammar, composition, geography; Adding test, patient analytical detail test, ethical test; Application to...

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