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Peer reviewedWakefield, James A., Jr.; Doughtie, Eugene B. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1973
Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory was administered to 373 undergraduates. The 11 scales of the inventory were intercorrelated and factor analyzed. Six common factors were obtained. The placement of the six personality types in six-dimensional space by factor analysis corresponded closely to Holland's model. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Personality Measures, Personality Studies
Download full textAbler, Rose M.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1985
Inspired by the increasingly important role of computers in vocational preparation and the practical value of determining curriculum and program needs on the basis of student vocational interests, an investigation of the differences in computer attitudes among students depending on their Holland type and their sex was initiated. Data were…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Freshmen, Computers, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWilliams, James H.; Whitney, Douglas – Negro Educational Review, 1978
Results of a study of how minority students respond to an interest inventory indicated that they generally achieved lower means on all Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) scales than did the college freshmen population. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Awareness, Career Choice, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedSchneider, Paul L.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
Performed correlational and multidimensional scaling analyses to assess the similarity between two models. Results support the similarity in structure between the people-things dimension from Holland's RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) model with the affiliation dimension from Wiggins' interpersonal…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
