Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank - Advantages of RISB

Advantages of RISB

The general advantages of the sentence completion method can be summarized as follows

• There is freedom of response. That is, the subject is not forced to answer yes or no or? to the examiner question. He may instead, in any way he desires.
• Some disguise in the purpose of the test is present. Although the subject made aware of general intend, what constitutes a good or bad answer is not readily apparent to most subjects.
• Group administration is relatively efficient. Most incomplete sentences tests can be given to a group of any size without apparent loss of validity.
• No special training is ordinarily necessary for administration. Interpretation depends on the examiner’s general clinical experience, although the examiner does not need specific training in the use of this method.
• The method is extremely flexible in that new sentence beginnings can be constructed or tailor made for a variety of clinical, applied and experimental purposes