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Holland's SDS Applied to Chinese College Students: A Revisit to Cross-Culture Adaptation
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Kong, Jin; Xu, Yonghong Jade; Zhang, Hao – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
In this study, data collected from 875 college freshman and sophomore students enrolled in a 4-year university in central China are used to examine the applicability and validity of a Chinese version of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) that was adapted in the 1990s. The total sample was randomly divided into two groups. Data from the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Using the Self-Directed Search in Research: Selecting a Representative Pool of Items to Measure Vocational Interests
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Poitras, Sarah-Caroline; Guay, Frederic; Ratelle, Catherine F. – Journal of Career Development, 2012
Using Item Response Theory (IRT) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the goal of this study was to select a reduced pool of items from the French Canadian version of the Self-Directed Search--Activities Section (Holland, Fritzsche, & Powell, 1994). Two studies were conducted. Results of Study 1, involving 727 French Canadian students,…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Interest Inventories, Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis
A Factor-Analytic Study of the Construct Validity of Holland's Self-Directed Search Test.
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Rachman, D.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
A confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the result that Holland's Self-Directed Search measures six factors: realistic, investigative, artistic, social-enterprising, conventional, and a sixth general interest factor. Generally, the psychological relationship among types confirms the hexagon model proposed by Holland and others.…
Descriptors: Accountants, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Interest Inventories
Consistency and Raw Scores Survive Another Test: A Last Response to Prediger and His Colleagues
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
The Viability of Holland's Consistency Construct and Raw Score Assessments of Personality
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