This study examined the validity of the Terman-Merrill and Wright short forms of the Stanford-Binet, Form L-M. Both forms manifested a high degree of statistical correspondence with the full-scale Binet when used with 50 male, child guidance clinic patients. When a practical analysis was conducted, the abbreviated forms manifested certain deficiencies in predicting an individual's IQ classification.
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