Abstract
RECENT research to discover suitable tests of manual dexterity has concentrated upon two kinds, the sample or ‘trade’ test, and the ‘analytic’ test. The first kind explains itself; the second attempts to analyse the candidate's manual dexterity into simpler and, if possible, unitary dexterities. It then separately examines his capacities for them.1
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PEAR, T., LANGDON, J. & YATES, E. The Nature of Manual Dexterity and its Relation to Vocational Testing. Nature 121, 773–774 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121773a0
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