A VALIDATION OF THE HARRIS‐GOODENOUGH TEST

Abstract

S ummary . Scores on the Harris‐Goodenough point scales were studied in a group of seventy‐nine children (mean age 11 ·44 years). Various kinds of reliability proved to be acceptably high. Criterion measures were an individual and a group intelligence test, scholastic achievement tests, a paper‐and‐pencil dexterity test, the HSPQ, examination marks, rankings by teachers, and father's occupation. Validity coefficients ranged from low to moderate. The scales were poorer predictors of scholastic performance than conventional intelligence tests. Scores were not related more to non‐verbal than to verbal performance. The only HSPQ scale which showed significant correlations was one indicative of a phlegmatic temperament.

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