Application of Guttman's Scaling Method to the T.A.T
Abstract
Application of Guttman's Scaling Method to the T.A.T SAGE Publications, Inc.1955DOI: 10.1177/001316445501500411 Frank JRAuld Yale University Leonard D. Eron Yale University Julius Laffal Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, Connecticut AND IN trying to develop reliable and valid interpretive procedures for the T.,4.T., we have faced three challenges: I. How can one describe the traits of subjects in a theoretically-relevant, useful, and economical way? 2. What kind of T..4.T. story permits one to infer that the subject has any particular trait, e.g., to infer that he is sexually motivated? 3. Granting that a subject has the trait in question (some habit or motive), how can one assess its strength? In carrying out the research described in this paper, we had to give tentative answers to these questions. Our answer to the first question is embodied in the system of categories used in studying the T.-,4.T. stories of our subjects. Our answer to the second question is made evident by the procedure used in assigning scores to the T.,4.T. stories. Our answer to the third question is contained in the assumptions underlying the scaling procedures that we used. While our answers to the first two questions are not unique, our