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Peer reviewedHountras, Peter T.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1973
The subjects were 432 male freshmen at the University of North Dakota who completed the Vocational Preference Inventory and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. Backward stepwise multiple regression was used to determine the relationships of eight SVIB nonoccupational scales to first semester GPA for the total research population and for each…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Career Counseling, College Students, Correlation
Peer reviewedWard, Connie M.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were administered to 102 Black women workers in occupational environments consistent with Holland's six vocational environments. Four scales in each test successfully differentiated the occupational groups, supporting the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employed Women, Interest Inventories, Nonprofessional Personnel
