Alternatives for Validating Interest Inventories Against Group Membership Criteria.

Prediger, Dale J.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Alternatives for Validating Interest Inventories Against Group Membership Criteria

Prediger, Dale J.

Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 2, 275-80, Spr 77

Two approaches to the validation of occupational interest inventories are considered. The approaches vary according to whether one is interested in predicting students' occupational preferences as opposed to assisting counselors in advisement. One empirical example using female college students is presented. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Job Placement, Occupational Tests, Predictive Validity, Test Interpretation, Test Validity, Vocational Interests

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