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Peer reviewedElton, Charles F.; Rose, Harriett A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
The Vocational Preference Inventory responses from 290 subjects were subjected to a Rasch item analysis, one of a class of latent trait models. After elimination of 22 items which did not fit the model, a sex-free form of the VPI was obtained. (Author)
Descriptors: Research Projects, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Sex Stereotypes
Peer reviewedHansen, Jo-Ida C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
Recent concern for eliminating Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) sex bias has focused on the current use of separately normed Occupational Scales for the two sexes. This study implemented six basic methods of scale construction to examine the feasibility of combined-sex scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Interest Inventories, Item Analysis, Research Projects, Scaling
Peer reviewedCampbell, Jean – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
Differential responses to Female and Male Lawyer scale items on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) were analyzed for 67 male and 35 female law students. The results are discussed. Because there is an implicit bias in maintaining separate sex scales, the author suggests the SCII should be considered an intermediate step to a combined…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interest Inventories, Law Students, Lawyers
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
The three papers provided here were presented at the GRE Board Research Seminar: (1) "Background, Purpose, and Scope of the GRE Board Research Program" by Bryce Crawford, Jr.; (2) "Predicting Success in Graduate Education" by Warren W. Willingham; and (3) "Research on Testing and the Minority Student" by Ronald L.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports, Graduate Study
