Estimates of intelligence and other personality characteristics by experts have been shown to be rather inaccurate. Intelligence test scores were compared with several criteria including estimates of these scores by nursing instructors and the students themselves. None of the subjective estimates showed a high positive correlation with the test scores. The students were more accurate than their instructors.
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