Self-administered assessment 1918
Army Beta
Seven-section nonverbal examination
The assessment
Seven timed sections use mazes, cube counting, symbol series, coding, number checking, incomplete pictures, and geometric construction. Draw, select, or arrange responses to the original visual problems.
- Visual reasoning
- Coding
- Mazes
- Construction
From the archive
Origins
Army Beta was created alongside Army Alpha for recruits who could not readily take the written English-language examination. Its demonstrations and visual tasks established an influential early model of group-administered nonverbal assessment.