ABSTRACT
T he qualities of character and tem peram ent are as im portan t as intelligence in the process of education and in the practical affairs of everyday life; and the various means of estim ating them , and even of using tests in doing so, have received in - creased atten tion of late from psychologists. Chiefly these estimates take the form of aw arding m arks on a scale (A, B, C, D, E) for a num ber of character or personality traits such as self-confidence, persistence, excitability, conscientiousness, and so on. School record cards now usually provide space for estim ates of such qualities ; so do the forms used by those engaged in vocational guidance ; hence the whole problem of estim ating personality and character traits is one of present-day practical im portance.
