This report was prepared by the Careers and Curricula Program, which is a career development and guidance program sponsored by The Center for Social Organization of Schools. As one of five Center programs which develop scientific knowledge of the schools' effects upon students and utilize this information to improve educational practices, this…

To develop a natural resource career information program that (1) explains occupational opportunities (2) helps individuals clarify how each occupation matches his needs, and (3) informs students of the realities associated with each occupation, a study was conducted to isolate some dimensions associated with a group of high school students…

Discusses changes in SVIB. These include: (1) one booklet and one profile form will be used for both sexes; (2) profile scores are organized into Holland's theoretical system; (3) many new occupational scales; (4) M-F scale has been dropped; and (5) all materials have been screened to eliminate subtle sexism. (Author)

This study compared interest, personality, and ability scores of vocationally undecided students who, after counseling, either selected a major or remained undecided. No significant differences were found between undecided and decided females. Vocationally undecided and decided males differed significantly on six Strong Vocational Interest Blank…

The Strong Vocational Interest Blank responses of 93 students were used to construct six empirical scales similar to the scales of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory. Correlation of scale scores with VPI scores suggested that meaningful estimates of VPI profiles are obtainable by scoring selected SVIB items. (Author)

The SVIB for men profiles of 202 male and female counselor education students were examined to determine the extent of sex differences. The differential predictive validity of the SVIB was also studies. The results of this study support the direction which the new Strong is to take. (Author)

A Q-factor analytic technique applied to the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) basic interest scales of 156 males yielded three bipolar factors described as conceptual, interpersonal, and volitional. The degree of fit between interests and job categorization related significantly to ratings of job satisfaction. (Author)

The utility of multiple discriminant function analysis (MDFA) to differentiate among the interest patterns of engineers was examined. Subjects were 229 engineers who were administered the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) in 1935 as college freshmen (1935 FR) and again in 1966, and 210 freshmen who completed the SVIB in 1966 and had…

For a heterogeneous sample, the correlation coefficients between the Basic Interest Scales and the Occupational Scales and between the Basic Interest Scales and the Nonoccupational Scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Bland for Women (SVIB-W) are presented. Although the pattern of intercorrelations may be somewhat different for other samples,…

A RETESTING WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURED INTERESTS AND THE SELECTION OF A MEDICAL SPECIALTY. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH REPORTED HERE ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHY THE STRONG VOCATIONAL INTEREST BLANK (SVIB) AND THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST PREFERENCE BLANK (MSPB) SCALES FAIL TO PREDICT EVENTUAL MEDICAL SPECIALTY. ALL OF THE ANALYSES OF AN…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the interest of nurses in a specialty such as public health nursing could be identified through their interest pa tern on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. The subjects were 226 public health nurses who volunteered, qualified according to the criteria, and completed the Strong Vocational Interest…

With the development of scales for the Strong Vocational Interest (SVIB) to measure the six cognitive interest styles propounded by Holland, a parsimonious and comprehensive mapping of the occupational world was available and lent itself to the study of measuring inheritance of vocational preferences among twins. (Author)

A review of five interrelated studies showed that certain preselected SVIB occupational scales were indicative of life styles related to accident incurrence. The hypothetical formulation underlying these studies was that vocational interest scores reflect enduring personal characteristics. (Author)