This study reports a factor analysis of the 1960 revision of the Stanford-Binet (Short Form). The Binet was administered to 363 children ranging in age from 3.0 to 5.8 yr. with a mean of 4.3 yr. All Ss were classified as culturally disadvantaged. The mean IQ for this group was 91.6. Three factors were found—a general one and two specific factors of visual ability and judgment and verbal ability. The study was compared with Ramsey and Vane's study which applied a similar analysis to a similar age group of middle-class Ss using Stanford-Binet.
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