# Army Alpha and Beta Tests **Domain:** Psychometrics / Military History / Population Classification **Doc Type:** Assessment Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Psychometrics]], [[SAT]], [[American Educational Measurement System]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] --- ## Definition World War I group intelligence tests used by the U.S. Army, with Alpha emphasizing verbal tasks and Beta using nonverbal tasks. ## Kybernetiks Context They demonstrated rapid population-scale sorting and became a bridge from military psychometrics to civilian educational testing. ## Backlinks [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] · [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]