Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 2

by Unknown

Widths of Curves in mm.
		U	V	W	X	Y	Z
Subject	A	20.83	20.59	20.93	21.22	20.21	21.89
	B	11.18	10.77	10.46	10.31	9.92	10.79
	C	4.28	4.43	4.10	3.78	4.95	4.70
	D	21.08	19.36	18.33	18.75	18.17	21.09
	E	14.22	13.85	13.40	13.56	11.96	14.13
	F	17.00	15.26	15.92	16.52	14.52	16.47
	G	5.25	5.19	5.30	5.08	5.11	5.37
		93.84	89.45	88.44	89.22	84.84	94.44
Average		13.40	12.78	12.63	12.75	12.12	13.49
Order		Z	U	V	X	W	Y
		13.49	13.40	12.78	12.75	12.63	12.12

If as before we take the orders for the different subjects, we get the following table:

Subject	A	Z	X	W	U	V	Y
	B	U	Z	V	W	X	Y
	C	Y	Z	V	U	W	X
	D	Z	U	V	X	W	Y
	E	U	Z	V	X	W	Y
	F	U	X	Z	W	V	Y
	G	Z	W	U	V	Y	X

Here, as before, in the case of the heights, it is seen that though the order is different with the different subjects, yet the general tendency is to place the most complex figures first and the simplest last. The most simple figure Y never comes in front of the fifth place except with subject C, who places it first. This exception may be ascribed to the fact that this subject, on account of his going away, did not have so many tests. In fact only one day's work of 10 reactions for each figure is recorded, and it is but natural that some variations from the standard should occur in his case.

If now, as before, we investigate where each figure occurs in the series for the different subjects we get the following table:

Times in
	1st place	2d place	3d place	4th place	5th place	6th place
Z	3	3	1	0	0	0
U	3	1	1	2	0	0
V	0	0	4	1	2	0
X	0	2	0	2	1	2
W	0	1	1	2	3	0
Y	1	0	0	0	1	5

Here we again see the large numbers on a line from the upper left-hand to the lower right-hand corner.

Thus we get the following order from the geometrical figures as measured by the height and width of the curves:

Height	Z	U	X	V	W	Y
Width	Z	U	V	X	W	Y