Abstract
Based on analysis of test scores obtained by presently employed scoring methods, a new scoring scale for the Token Test was devised in an attempt to achieve the test results which would more adequately reflect the clinical impression.
The Tokon Test was given to 120 aphasics. Their performance was first scored by the Weighted-Score and the Pass-Fail-Score methods and the results were analyzed as to the correlation with their aphasic types, severity, auditory pointing span and their performance on the Standard Language Test of Aphasia (S. L. T. A. ). The interrelationships among each part (A~F) of the test were also analyzed.
Scale analysis and Hayashi's quantification analysis III revealed uni dimensionality among test parts according to difficulty.
Relative to the value each part showed on the first axis in Hayashi's quantification analysis III which had the most eiqenvalue, the New-Weighted-Score was then devised, giving each item 1 point in part A, 3 points in part B, 4 points in part C, 6 points in part D, and 7 points in parts E and F.
The New-Weighted-Score thus enabled us to take into account the difficulty of each part more adequately, and therefore the auditory comprehension of the subjects was more accurately reflected in the total test score than with other scoring methods presently employed.
