Adorno considered the F-scale his main contribution to the study

Evidence

Adorno regarded the F-scale, as he made clear to Horkheimer in memos written in July 1947, as his main contribution and as the core of the whole thing', which, in addition to the analytic schema for the interviews drafted by Frenkel-Brunswik, was the most effective instrument so far as the Americans are concerned’. A compromise was agreed on: each author signed his or her `own’ chapter, while all four signed the chapter on the F-scale. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1761

Categorization

• XREF: The controversial joint authorship of The Authoritarian Personality has been discussed in later sociology of science texts; Adorno’s priority claim here is a concrete data point. — connects to: Adorno’s F-scale methodology stripped the theory of its context; The F Scale items derive from fascist writings and clinical interview data — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 469
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1761

Broader Connections

• The F Scale items derive from fascist writings and clinical interview data #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 469
• Adorno’s F-scale methodology stripped the theory of its context #responds-to (0.70)