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Concurrent Validity of the 1985 Strong Interest Inventory for College Major Selection.
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Hansen, Jo-Ida C.; Tan, Rowena N. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1992
Assessed concurrent validity of 1985 Strong Interest Inventory (SII) for college major by matching college students' (n=153) declared or intended majors with Occupational Scales on SII profile and calculating hit rates to determine accuracy of profiles for identifying college majors. SII had concurrent validity for major selection comparable to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Concurrent Validity, Decision Making
A Predictive Validation of the Career Decision-Making System.
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Brown, Duane; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1985
A predictive validation study of the Career Decision-Making System (CDM), using as criteria the stated career choices and expected postsecondary majors of high school seniors (N=164), yielded support for the instrument. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, High School Seniors, Interest Inventories
A 20-Year Follow-Up of the Harrington-O'Shea Career Decision-Making System
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Harrington, Thomas F. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
The interest inventory of the Harrington-O'Shea Career Decision-Making System (T. F. Harrington & A. J. O'Shea, 1980, 1992, 2003) had hit rates of occupational status substantially exceeding chance expectations in the literature's 1st long-term predictive validity study since 1991. No significant gender differences were found for the Grade 10…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Employment Level, Age Groups, Predictive Validity