The purpose of this study was to test the predictive validity of the Ramak--a vocational interest inventory based on Roe's (1956) classification of occupations. In this follow-up, 81 percent of the original sample, tested 7 years earlier, was located. The effectiveness of the Ramak in vocational counseling is evaluated. (Author)

The study evaluates a test of occupational information administered to a national sample of 5000 young men in 1966, as part of the National Longitudinal Surveys of employment behavior. The measurement instrument is judged to exhibit desirable characteristics in terms of internal consistency reliability, discriminatory power, and level of…