The units in this table are percentage points. For example, if we were to take a random sample of 50 dreams from male college students and calculate the Male/Female Percent, we would expect the score to be somewhere within 8.4 percentage points of the overall normative figure of 67%; i.e., between about 59% and 76%. With a sample of 250 dreams, we'd expect a score within just 1.6% of the norms.
The 500 dreams used to create this table were the same dreams used to develop the Hall/Van de Castle norms for male college students.
| Number of dreams in the subsamples | ||||||
| CHARACTERS | 250 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| Animal Percent | ±0.9 | ±1.3 | ±1.7 | ±1.9 | ±4.4 | ±7.6 |
| Male/Female Percent | ±1.6 | ±4.3 | ±4.4 | ±6.0 | ±8.4 | ±13.6 |
| Familiarity Percent | ±0.3 | ±3.4 | ±5.3 | ±4.4 | ±8.4 | ±13.4 |
| Friends Percent | ±0.9 | ±3.1 | ±5.7 | ±6.2 | ±11.7 | ±16.1 |
| Group Percent | ±0.7 | ±4.2 | ±3.1 | ±5.8 | ±7.3 | ±11.1 |
| SOCIAL INTERACTIONS | 250 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| A/C Index | ±1.8 | ±4.8 | ±4.4 | ±5.7 | ±6.5 | ±13.6 |
| F/C Index | ±0.4 | ±2.1 | ±2.7 | ±3.2 | ±5.0 | ±11.7 |
| S/C Index | ±1.5 | ±2.6 | ±2.9 | ±3.4 | ±5.0 | ±8.6 |
| Aggression/Friendliness Percent | ±1.3 | ±4.6 | ±5.0 | ±6.2 | ±8.8 | ±18.8 |
| Aggressor Percent | ±1.3 | ±7.1 | ±7.0 | ±8.2 | ±14.9 | ±29.2 |
| Befriender Percent | ±2.0 | ±8.8 | ±10.1 | ±11.8 | ±18.0 | ±30.3 |
| Physical Aggression Percent | ±1.2 | ±4.5 | ±7.2 | ±8.1 | ±15.4 | ±25.6 |
| SETTINGS | 250 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| Indoor Setting Percent | ±1.2 | ±3.2 | ±5.2 | ±5.0 | ±8.7 | ±13.4 |
| Familiar Setting Percent | ±1.3 | ±6.5 | ±5.5 | ±9.6 | ±13.1 | ±24.6 |
| OTHER CONTENT CATEGORIES | 250 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| Dreamer-Involved Success Percent | ±5.1 | ±10.9 | ±10.5 | ±13.5 | ±26.3 | ±48.1 |
| Bodily Misfortunes Percent | ±0.8 | ±2.3 | ±4.4 | ±8.6 | ±12.1 | ±25.9 |
| Torso/Anatomy Percent | ±0.8 | ±7.2 | ±11.1 | ±9.2 | ±17.3 | ±28.6 |
| Negative Emotions Percent | ±2.6 | ±6.2 | ±7.5 | ±9.1 | ±13.4 | ±20.3 |
| Dreamer-Inv. Physical Activities | ±0.7 | ±2.3 | ±3.4 | ±3.1 | ±5.4 | ±9.2 |
| % OF DREAMS WITH AT LEAST ONE: | 250 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
| Aggression | ±1.9 | ±5.7 | ±7.4 | ±7.6 | ±11.3 | ±17.3 |
| Friendliness | ±1.0 | ±4.0 | ±4.7 | ±8.0 | ±10.7 | ±18.0 |
| Sexuality | ±2.2 | ±3.7 | ±4.0 | ±5.1 | ±7.3 | ±14.7 |
| Misfortune | ±0.4 | ±2.8 | ±4.6 | ±6.2 | ±8.7 | ±17.3 |
| Success | ±1.1 | ±3.2 | ±5.4 | ±5.6 | ±10.0 | ±15.3 |
| Failure | ±1.9 | ±4.1 | ±5.2 | ±6.2 | ±8.7 | ±15.3 |