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The Goodenough Draw a Man intelligence test 1 attracted wide attention among both clinical psychologists and research workers in mental testing. Several studies primarily concerned with the validity of the Goodenough test were reported. 2 The only study, besides Goodenough's own work, on the reliability of the test is the one by Yepsen. 3 The purpose of the present study is to determine the reliability of the Goodenough test by the re-test method. This study is also concerned with the validity and reliability of an Abbreviated scoring method for the same test. This method has been described by the writer elsewhere. 4 Goodenough reported reliability coefficients by both the retest and the split-scale methods. She found a reliability coefficient of .937 ± . 006 by re-testing on the following day one hundred ninety-four

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S TUDENTS of human behavior have long felt the need for an adequate technique for the measurement of social behavior and adjustment Similarly, administrative heads of training and correctional institutions have repeatedly expressed the need for a simple, yet valid and reliable instrument for the measurement of the social adaptation of the individuals m their charge The Vmeland (Tepsen) Adjustment Score Card 1 was designed to meet thib need. The Score Card is reported to be the result of a careful clinical analysis of individual deviates in a large group of children It is based upon quantitative and objective statements of social adaptation as a result of these clinical studiesThe Adjustment Score Card consists of fourteen major categories dealing with certain phases of the adjustment of the individual to his environment. Under these categories are seventy items, each descriptive of an act done Four to seven items describe the individual being rated Weights are assigned to the various items. The score of the hypothetical