4. new 5. hard 6. dark 7. dirty 8. sick 9. north 10. empty 11. push 12. wrong 13. beginning 14. narrow 15. morning 16. nowhere 17. stale 18. busy 19. to float 20. smooth 21. wild 22. strength 23. innocent 24. wisdom 25. positive 26. inferior 27. ancient 28. result 29. stingy 30. abstract 31. partiality 32. diligent 33. frugal 34. spurious 35. elation 36. expedite 37. diffident 38. homogeneous 39. intrepid 40. sycophantic _Directions for Scoring the Test._ The score in this test is the total number of words for which the exact opposite has been written. Some considerable time will be saved by using the stencil provided with each package of test booklets. The total score as finally obtained should be written in the lower right-hand corner of the title page of the booklet. Scores from 0 to 7 indicate Inferior Ability Scores from 8 to 12 indicate Low Average Ability Scores from 13 to 25 indicate Average Ability Scores from 26 to 32 indicate High Average Ability Scores from 33 to 40 indicate Superior Ability. MENTIMETER NO. 17 SPELLING TEST _Character of the Test._ All of the investigations which have been made into the subject of spelling in relation to general intelligence seem to indicate that good spellers are “born and not made.” Of course intelligent people also are “born and not made.” Strange to say, a person may be very intelligent without being an expert speller or a person may be a fairly able speller without being keen intellectually. This Mentimeter is therefore not to be considered as reliable an index of intelligence as most of the others. There are two methods by which one might determine the ability of any average individual in spelling. One might measure how difficult a word was necessary in order to cause failure or one might take words all of the same difficulty and measure what percentage of them were misspelled by the candidate. List A in the series which follows is of the first sort, measuring how difficult a word must be before it causes trouble and List B is of the second sort, measuring how many words of the same difficulty can be spelled correctly by the individual tested. These words are selected from the Ayers Measuring Scale for Ability in Spelling. Mentimeter List A consists of two words from each degree of difficulty from B to Z in the Ayers list. Mentimeter List B is chosen from List R of the Ayers Scale. _Directions for Giving the Test._ Whether the examination is to be with List A or with List B the candidates should be supplied with the Mentimeter leaflet and should be asked first of all to write their names, ages and other necessary information on the title page. When this information has been obtained the examiner should read the following directions: