This article presents information about Dr. George A. Kelly's work in attitude measurement while he was at Fort Hays Kansas State College (1931–1943). The use of bipolar scales to measure the attitudes and the progress of clients supports Kelly's Dichotomy Corollary, in addition to providing external validity for the use of the Semantic Differential.
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