A QUANTITATIVE METHOD OF SCORING PICTURE STORY TESTS.

The article presents information on a quantitative method of scoring picture story tests. A procedure based on the phenomenological frame of reference was devised to quantitatively score and statistically manipulate story test protocols. The scoring areas that were used were three primary aspects of attitude, towards self, other adults, and children. With the exception of the latter, each of the three attitude scales was made up of six subscales each tapping a different aspect of the particular attitude pattern. Thus, there are a total of 18 scales, each based on a five point continuum by which a record is scored.