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| Measurement and Evaluation in… | 8 |
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| Holland, John L. | 3 |
| Prediger, Dale J. | 2 |
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| Healy, Charles C. | 1 |
| Hollifield, John H. | 1 |
| Mourton, Don L. | 1 |
| Nafziger, Dean H. | 1 |
| Utz, Patrick W. | 1 |
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Holland, John L.; Nafziger, Dean H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
The scales of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) correlate with the scales of the Kuder, the Thurstone Temperament Schedule, the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test, and the Minnesota Paper Form Board in predictable ways across three small samples of high school students. The results support the validity of the SDS. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Prediction, Research Projects, Secondary School Students
Hollifield, John H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1974
The author briefly discusses the results of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS), taken by 20 writers, as supportive of the validity of the SDS as a vocational guidance instrument. (RP)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Research, Test Results
Healy, Charles C.; Mourton, Don L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1984
Tested whether scores on the Self Directed Search relate to career development needs in a study of 138 college students. Findings showed the scores related differentially in ways predicted by Holland (1973) and supported probing whether college students earning low investigative scores were behind in their career development. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Development, College Students, Higher Education, Personality Traits
Holland, John L.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
The realistic competency and activity scales of the Self-Directed Search were revised to learn if women's scores on these scales could be increased without reducing their concurrent and construct validity for men and women. Results indicate the revisions increase women's realistic scores, but fail to affect their high point codes. (Author)
Descriptors: Females, Interest Inventories, Males, Research Projects
Prediger, Dale J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
The appropriateness of raw score reports of human traits is questioned, especially in light of the support provided for Holland's theory by normed scores and the stereotypic career options suggested to males and females by raw scores. (Author)
Descriptors: High School Students, Occupational Tests, Research Projects, Secondary Education
Utz, Patrick W.; Hartman, Bruce – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
Graduating seniors in the School of Business who were in either accounting, marketing, or behavioral studies and were seeking a career consistent with their area's concentration were compared for their scores on the Self-Directed Search. The accounting group was consistently differentiated from the other group. (Author)
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Holland, John L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Prediger confuses observations about the data with Holland's theoretical statement, performs some uninterpretable analyses, omits much relevant data, and provides an incomplete account of what psychometric authorities have said about raw scores in interest inventories. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, High School Students, Occupational Tests, Research Projects
Prediger, Dale J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Holland hypothesized that personality pattern consistency is related to vocational satisfaction, stability, and success. The viability of this key construct in Holland's theory of careers is examined in light of the expected relationship between level of consistency and frequency of occurrence of 2-letter Holland personality codes. Results are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, High School Students, Occupational Tests
