Norms for adult men (18 & over)
weighted scores

"... variations in answering the questions did not seem to affect the Oxford Capacity Analysis as the three methods produced remarkably similar profiles, in which the scores on the first three scales were in an extreme position in the range marked "unacceptable" ... All profile results then rose into the "normal" or "desirable" range over the next 2-4 scales and showed a return to "unacceptable" over the remaining scales..."

[British Psychological Society report to Sir John Foster, 1970]

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Last updated 2 February 1997
by Chris Owen (chriso@lutefisk.demon.co.uk)