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Some questions and discussion points for you and your students...
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What does the word normal mean? Average? What assumptions is Goddard making when he directs his field workers to "pass by the obviously normal" immigrant and choose individuals from the great mass of "average immigrants" for testing? What assumptions are reflected in his decision to test individuals whose history he knew rather than immigrants?
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Goddard claimed his experiment at Ellis Island was "scientific." How does the very use of the word lend legitimacy and authority to a very unscientific survey? How does Goddard seem to define the word scientific? What does the word mean to you? How does its use affect the way you regard a statement?
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