An experimental Stick Design Test (SDT) was administered to 339 children ages 3–1 to 7–10 yr. Results indicated that copying ability was primarily a function of developmental age and secondarily a function of socioeconomic class background. Significant Pearson product-moment correlations between Stick Design Test copying performance and Bender-Gestalt Visual Motor Test (.60), Stanford-Binet IQ (–.31), Metropolitan Readiness Test (–.65) and teacher behavioral ratings were found on a sample of 96 kindergarten children. Test-retest (r = .94) and scorer reliabilities (rs = .96, .93, .96) were obtained for the experimental SDT.
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