Computers in behavioral science: Computer scoring of sentence completion data
Donald J. Veldman, Shirley L. Menaker, Robert F. Peck · Systems Research and Behavioral Science · 1969
The development of techniques for computer-based personality assessment from sentence completions is outlined. The One-Word Sentence Completion (OWSC) instrument was designed to elicit data suitable for machine processing, while retaining most of the advantages of a free-response format. Two operative scoring systems are described. The first employs a “dictionary” of 4366 weighted response words to yield 25 scores from a 90-item OWSC form. The second system utilized a complex word-root data reduction procedure and a bank of 892 generic roots to produce scores for 40 variables. Initial reliability data and normative sex differences are reported, and future development of the technique is discussed.