Table 4.
Cutoff rules for a 36–item sentence completion test∗.
| (Do steps in order and stop where true) If there are: |
Assigned stage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | or more rated at | 6.5 or higher | 6.5 |
| 4 | or more rated at | 6.0 or higher | 6.0 |
| 4 | or more rated at | 5.5 or higher | 5.5 |
| 4 | or more rated at | 5.0 or higher | 5.0 |
| 6 | or more rated at | 4.5 or higher | 4.5 |
| 9 | or more rated at | 4.0 or higher | 4.0 |
| 14 | or more rated at | 3.5 or higher | 3.5 |
| 17 | or more rated at | 3.0 or higher | 3.0 |
| 7 | or more rated at | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 7 | or more rated at | 1.5 or lower | 1.5 |
| 7 | or more rated at | 2.0 or lower | 2.0 |
| - | If none of the above, use | 2.5 | |
∗
Starting at the highest stage, 6.5, and proceeding down the table, assign the stage from the first row where the rule applies.