Table 2.
Scoring Methods and Scoring Illustrations
| Severity Ranking Schemes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome and tactics | Conventional Method | Combined Outcomes Separated Tactics |
Separated Outcomes and Tactics |
Example Self- Report |
| Completed rape by force | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 times |
| Completed rape by incapacitation | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Completed rape by verbal coercion | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Attempted rape by force | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Attempted rape by incapacitation | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Attempted rape by verbal coercion | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 times |
| Sexual contact by force | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sexual contact by incapacitation | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 times |
| Sexual contact by verbal coercion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scoring Illustrations Using the Example Self-Report | ||||
| Scoring methods | ||||
| Highest severity rank | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
| Sum of ranks | 5 + 2 + 1 = 8 | 6 + 4 + 2 = 12 | 9 + 4 + 2 = 15 | |
| Sum of frequency of ranks | (5*2) + (2*2) + (1*3) = 17 | (6*2) + (4*2) + (2*3) = 26 | (9*2) + (4*2) + (2*3) = 32 | |