Measurement of the appeal of performances in the theatre

Abstract

17 graduate students and faculty members attended a performance of Nikita Balieff's Théâtre de la Chauve Souris, scenes from which were afterwards ranked in order of their general pleasingness by these subjects. The names by which the 19 acts of the program were described were taken individually and the nature of each scene reviewed so that there might be no doubt concerning the identification of them. The mean ranks of each scene, the variability of the means, and the range of error for each are given in tabulated form. It is found that the means are in general precise only to within about two rank points. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)