Vernon, Philip Ewart (1905-1987) papers

Manual written by P. E. Vernon while he was Psychological Advisor to the Admiralty and War Department entitled Notes on Statistical Methods in Common use in Vocational and Educational Research, Dec 1945 (2 copies).

Also includes reprint entitled "Test of Significance for a Series of Statistical Tests" by Sakoda, Cohen & Beall, from Psychological Bulletin Vol.51, No.2 , (1954), and a letter from Dr. Straker to Sandy Lovie, Honorary Archivist, 20 Nov 1986.

Philip E. Vernon (1905-1987) Educational Psychologist

Education: St. John's College, Cambridge University, M.A., Ph.D., Psychology (1927)

Career:

St. John's College, Cambridge University, Research and Teaching Fellow (1931)

London County Council, Psychologist

University of Glasgow, Psychology Department Head (1938)

Institute of Education, University of London, Professor of Psychology and Educational Psychology

President, Psychology Division, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1952)

President, British Psychological Society (1954)

University of Calgary, Professor of Educational Psychology (1968-1975)

Major Contribution:

Hierarchical group factor theory of the structure of intellectual abilities