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Kroger, Rolf O.; Turnbull, William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
The hypothesis was tested that subjects fake personality tests by enacting a specific social role, rather than by responding in terms of personality constructs, and that such role faking cannot be detected by validity scales. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Predictive Validity, Reliability, Research Projects
Herman, Al; Gallo, Joseph G. – Canadian Counsellor, 1973
Predictive validity of the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) was investigated by comparing the DAT scores obtained by students in Grade 9 against their achievement in Grade 12 departmental examinations. Results indicated that the DAT has good predictive power and can be used effectively on a selective basis for counseling and predictive purposes in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Counseling, Predictive Validity, Research Projects
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Dolliver, Robert H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
This article compared the concurrent predictive accuracy of the (SVIB) for the same subjects on three sets of scales, the SVIB-Holland scales, the Basic Interest scales, and the Occupational scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interest Inventories, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
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O'Neil, James M.; Magoon, Thomas M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
A sample of male Investigative subjects (N=171) who completed the SDS as freshmen in 1970 was sent a questionnaire four years later. Results indicated that, for Investigative-type freshman males, the SDS has moderately high efficiency in predicting, four years later, their ultimate major and their immediate and future vocational plans. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Males, Occupational Tests
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Stulman, David A.; Dawis, Rene V. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
Two Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) scales, Creativity and Independence were validated by experiment. Subjects (N=68) were exposed to four task conditions representing joint combinations of high or low levels of Creativity and Independence. The behavioral results were consistent with the subjects' MIQ score levels on the two scales,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Creativity, Predictive Validity
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Ritchie, Richard J.; Boehm, Virginia R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
A scoreable biographical data key was developed for a group of women lower level managers, and applied to male and female managers. Showed statistical validity for both the cross-validation sample and for the samples of female and male managers. (Author)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Females, Males, Management Development
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Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Demuth, Dennis M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Title I elementary school children (N=37) were administered the Arithmetic subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test and the Key Math Diagnostic Arithmetic Test. One year later, the Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered. Correlations between the three measures are presented and discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Arithmetic, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
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Flook, William M.; Velicer, Wayne F. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
Predictive validity of a school readiness test (Preschool Screening System (PSS)) was investigated through a teacher rating scale (Rhode Island Pupil Identification Scale) to six groups of kindergarten children of both sexes (N=245). The most powerful predictor in every group was the "Information Processing" score of the PSS. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten Children, Learning Readiness, Predictive Measurement