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SVIB Revisions and Factors Affecting Scale Reliability

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Dolliver, Robert H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975

The 1966 SVIB scoring keys were investigated and found to contain an average of 214 fewer items per occupational scale than the 1938 scoring keys. The shorter scales are less reliable than the longer scales on the 1966 SVIB. (Author)

Descriptors: Career Counseling, Interest Inventories, Item Analysis, Occupational Tests

Alternative Item Response Weighting Procedures: Development and Evaluation.

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Sands, 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