WEEKLY REPORT - 23 AUGUST - 30 AUGUST 1951

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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2022
• Case Number: F-2021-00970
• Publication Date: August 30, 1951

STANDARD FORM NO. 64
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Office Memorandum � UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Director of Training
FROM : Nilliam J. Morgan
SUBJECT: Weekly Report . 23 August - 30 August 1951
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DATE: 30 August 1Y.51
On 24 August 51 Miss and I carried out testing at
for SRA.8. Only eight are enrolled for this course, one of
om was absent because of illness. Of the seven who took the test,
one scored quite low. He obtained two Poor,and one low Mediocre on
the critical test, just getting by. Dr. and I have decided
to let him try his hand in the coursesbut if he does not hold up dur-
ing the first two weeks he will be dropped*
2. Miss has completed the compilation of frequency
distributions and norms for the following tests: Henmon-Nelson Test
of Mental Ability, Miller Analogies, Logical Reasoning, Word Meaning,
Reading Speed, Reading Comprehension, Oral Directions, and Iowa Language
Aptitude. On the basis of this analysis we now have norms that are
derived from a CIA population - and, therefore, the interpretation of
individual scores on these tests will henceforth be more meaningful.
Miss has now begun to compute product-moment coefficients of
correlations between different tests. Our aim is to get tests that
do not correlate very high with each other so that we measure different
traits with each test without dApiication.
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3. Our research work on predicting language proficiency so
far has been confined to readingsrather than spoken,Russian. However,
the more expensive language courses at the F.S.I. and the other
universities are the conversation ones and we should have adequate
meant of predicting proficiency. We are, therefore, offprinting and
getting together the necessary test materials for testing aural
language proficiency. It is hoped that this program can be put into
effect within six to eight weeks. In the beginning it would be purely
an experimental project, but as soon as critical scores are determined
the program will be used for screening q?plicants.
4. For the next week I will be in attendance at the annual
meeting of the American Psychological Association in Chicago. Among
other things, I hope to be able to spot persons who can serve as contacts
in the different colleges in connection with the Career Corps Program.
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