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Sex Differences on the Edwards' Personal Preference Schedule
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Fitzgerald, Bernard J.; Pasewark, Richard A. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Delinquency, Psychological Testing
Relationships among Four Measures of Achievement Motivation
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Wotruba, Thomas R.; Price, Karl F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Two new paper-and-pencil tests of achievement motivation were compared to two older measures, McClelland's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Need Achievement and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule achievement scale. The results lend support to past findings; namely, that the various achievement measures would appear to be measuring dissimilar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Business, Comparative Analysis
Utilization of Levels of Intellectual Ability as a Control Variable in Studies of Nonintellectual Factors in Academic Achievement
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Morgan, Ronald R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Investigates the importance of using levels of intellectual ability as a control variable in studies of nonintellectual factors in academic achievement and determines the utility of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a supplement to academic aptitude test scores in the prediction of success in college. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
The Construct Validity of the Occupational Themes on the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory
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Utz, Patricia; Korben, Donald – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the occupational themes on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Male (n=199) and female (n=204) college counseling center clients were administered the SCII and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The occupational themes and related descriptors were validated in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Females, Higher Education
Use of Selected Factors as Predictors of Success in Completing a Secondary Teacher Preparation Program
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Belcastro, Frank P. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
A multiple regression analysis was performed on all Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) and Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) scales to determine those scales which could be used to predict success in a secondary teacher preparation program for females and males. Significant discriminant function equations were obtained. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Age, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule Scores of Rural High School Students.
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Pasewark, Richard A.; Sawyer, Robert N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was administered to three samples rural high school students. Distributions of scores were similar to Edwards' college sample, except in the area of sex differences. (JKS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule.
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Pietrofesa, John J.; Wurtz, Robert E. – 1970
It has been hypothesized that personality needs have a significant impact upon eventual occupational placement. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) was designed to provide researchers in Career development with a quick and convenient measure of a number of relatively independent personality variables, or needs. It gauges 15 such needs…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Group Norms