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Hodgson, Mary L.; Cramer, Stanley H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
An increasing number of occupational and educational planning aids are relying on self-estimates of aptitudes rather than objective measures of abilities. A preliminary examination of the accuracy of self-estimated aptitudes with high school seniors (N=74) suggests unsubstantiated self-estimates may lead to decisions based on unrealistic…
Descriptors: Career Development, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Interest Inventories
Cummings, Oliver W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1981
Examined the effects on their test performance of junior high school students changing responses. Results indicated that changing answers neither increases the reliability nor decreases the standard error of measurement of the test. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement, Junior High Schools
