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Abstract
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The technique used in the construction of the scale was the same as that employed by Thurstone and Chave in their scale for measuring attitudes about the church. The scale as finally presented to a group of 281 college students, 178 Y. W. C. A. members, 206 members of the Methodist church and 200 business men, had 45 statements. The Methodist members were as a whole strongly in favor of prohibition. The Y. W. C. A. members showed a majority in favor of prohibition. The students revealed a majority in favor of prohibition with a minority for some modification of the restriction. The business group as a whole was more antagonistic toward prohibition than any of the other groups. While few men in this group would subscribe to the open saloon system, the majority of them would subscribe to some modification of the degree of restriction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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