There is a growing realization that intellectual capacity, while playing a large part, is far from being the solely important factor for consideration in dealing with the various classes of life. Statistics gleaned from work among all classes, from delinquents to college students, support this view. Other character traits such as persistence and interest are of extreme importance if we would aim at the root of the matter. Toward this evil Dr. Pressey has now developed a group scale for investigating the emotions, to a large extent the determinants of character. These tests carry farther than any other the possibilities of the group test in two ways; the condensation of material and problem, and in the saving of time and labor. Each word and detail of arrangement is so carefully chosen and arranged as to make it a separate question, so that in all 600 are condensed into the space of both sides of a 9 ft. x 12 ft. sheet. Abnormal states (hypochondriacal, melancholic, paranoid, etc.) are clearly brought out without suspicion thereof on the part of the subject, yet quickly apparent to the examiner. The test may be given by an untrained examiner, requiring no technique, may be accomplished in less than 30 minutes by the average adult and corrected by any clerk in about three minutes. "Total scores of an entire examination are the blurred result of a number of factors and hence are of relatively little importance. Here, however, it is possible from the mass of data yielded by the examination to combine certain items in such a way as to obtain from the single examination highly differentiated information with reference to a number of problems, thus opening up a field for investigation more readily than a test organized for any one specific purpose." From Psych Bulletin 18:10:00622. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)