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| Sands, William A. | 2 |
| Culclasure, David F. | 1 |
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Culclasure, David F. – 1971
The report constitutes a comprehensive review of the literature related to career motivation and selection procedures. It surveyed the reported techniques for measuring career motivation and interest which were used by 24 industrial firms, 14 personnel and management consulting organizations, 8 marketing research firms, and various governmental…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education, Literature Reviews
Welch, Thomas Alfred – 1974
Research was undertaken to investigate improving selection criteria for several curricula at the Naval Postgraduate School using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and a biographical questionnaire as indicators of academic success and satisfaction with curriculum and future assignments. The seven curricula investigated were merged into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Criteria, Grade Prediction
Abrahams, Norman M.; Neumann, Idell – 1971
The Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP) provides qualified enlisted men with an opportunity to obtain a college degree while earning a commission as an officer in the naval service. In 1965, over 250 NESEP selectees completed Strong Vocational Interest Blanks (SVIBs). For the 166 who had received commissions by 1971, the SVIB mean…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Comparative Analysis, Enlisted Personnel
Download full textSands, William A. – 1975
In order to develop tools for use in the selection and vocational-educational guidance of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen, three empirically-based scales, designed using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB), were developed to predict three criteria: (1) disenrollment for academic reasons, (2) disenrollment for motivational reasons, and (3)…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Career Guidance, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Sands, William A.; Abrahams, Norman M. – 1977
Interest scales designed to provide educational and vocational guidance to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy were developed from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. Three of the scales provided an index of similarity between a person's interests and the interests of previous graduates from each of the Academy's three academic areas:…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Engineering, Humanities
Robertson, David W.; And Others – 1977
Assessment procedures were developed to identify those naval officers who would be most effective in providing career guidance services to enlisted personnel. Several tests were administered to officers performing career counseling duties. These tests included a cognitive battery, the Navy Basic Test Battery (BTB); as well as the Guilford Tests of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Answer Keys, Career Guidance, Career Planning
