Adkins, Dorothy Christina, 1912-1975

Dorothy Adkins was born on April 6, 1912 in Atlanta Georgia. She attended The Ohio State University for her B.S. (1931) and PhD (1937). Her dissertation under Herbert Toops was entitled A Comparative Study of Methods of Selecting Test Items .

Beginning in 1936, Adkins worked as a psychometrics assistant examiner under L.L. Thurstone at the University of Chicago. In 1938 she was promoted to research associate. From 1940-1944, Adkins took a position as chief research and test constructor for the United States Social Security Board. From 1944-48 she moved on to work for the United States Civil Service Commission as chief of social sciences administration testing, policy consultant, and chief test developer.

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