THE USE OF MARK-SENSE CARDS TO OBTAIN GUESS-WHO RATINGS AND SOCIOMETRIC TYPE DATA

Abstract

The guess-who technique and the sociometric test both require each member of a group to nominate persons in this group for certain "word pictures" or in response to certain questions. The investigator then faces the problem of tallying the number of times a person is mentioned by all or a selected part of the group for each item. Beum and Criswell (I) and Katz (3) have outlined different methods by which sociometric information may be punched on cards to facilitate tabulation and further analysis. When such information is obtained from small groups the key-punching task is not excessive, but when peer groups at the adolescent level are used the population may number several hundred persons or more and the clerical labor involved becomes formidable.