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Direct linkDik, Bryan J.; Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
This study compared the relative accuracy of (a) single Occupational Scale (OS) scores on the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and (b) multiple-predictor scoring functions for discriminating members of nine occupations from people-in-general. The functions were constructed using discriminant function analysis with 4797 adults drawn from criterion…
Descriptors: Adults, Young Adults, Occupations, Comparative Analysis
Download full textIsaacs, Jeremy J.; Borgen, Fred H.; Donnay, David A. C.; Hansen, Tara A. – 1997
The relationship between self-efficacy/interests and college major was the focus of a study. A sample of 760 midwestern college students reported their present college major on a demographic questionnaire and completed either the research version of the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory (SII) or the actual 1994 SII and the 1996 Skills Confidence…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Interest Inventories
Ralston, Chistopher A.; Borgen, Fred H.; Rottinghaus, Patrick J.; Donnay, David A. C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
The Basic Interest Scales (BISs) of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; Harmon, Hansen, Borgen, & Hammer, 1994) have a 35-year history. The BISs are the specific content scales of the SII, as opposed to the SII general content scales, the General Occupational Themes (GOTs), which measure the six Holland (1997) RIASEC themes. Using 17,074…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), National Norms, Interest Inventories, Discriminant Analysis
