To find evidence of generalizability of four interest factors established for tests within the Roe-Holland framework, factor scores derived from a Vocational Interest Inventory grounded in Roe's system were correlated with Strong-Campbell Occupational scale scores. For this sample of 300 counseling clients, a majority of the hypothesized relations…

To further understanding of the meaning of other-sex scores on the New Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, correlations of occupational scores on both forms of the old SVIB with masculinity were studied in a sample of 116 female counseling clients. Differences in mean scores for scales appearing on both forms were highly related to the masculinity…

Using a rotated varimax solution based on high school juniors, factor scores on the Vocational Interest Inventory were computed for 300 counseling clients. These factor scores were correlated with the 6 General Theme, 23 Basic Interest, and l24 Occupational Scales to the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Based on the strength and direction of…

Reviews test manuals to demonstrate to counselors the extent of the problem of unevenly developed preferences between the sexes for different activities. To show the outcome of these discrepant interests, labor market statistics on occupational choice are presented. (Author)

Analyses of interscale relations in 235 college students for the Vocational Preference Inventory and Vocational Interest Inventory, based on interest models of Holland and Roe respectively, suggest that the two-dimensional, circular configuration of occupations of personality types may be an oversimplification which impedes the understanding of…

Vocational indecision was defined as being both a college upperclass student and having no major. In a sample of 1622 students in college for three years, 24 percent "no majors" were found and compared with majors using pre-college measures of achievement, aptitude, and interest. Measures of interest differentiation were of particular concern. No…

Results of discriminant analysis are of restricted value in the counseling setting because discriminant functions often lack psychological interpretability. A technique is proposed for obtaining rotated discriminant function scores which should have the same clarity of meaning as rotated factors from factor analyses. (Author/JKS)

The convergent and divergent construct validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and the Vocational Interest Inventory was examined separately in samples of male and female college counselees. The validity of the SCII General Themes was strongly supported while minor weaknesses in certain Basic Interest and Occupational scales were…

Correlations between occupational scales common to both forms of the old Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) with "masculinity" of interests were studied in a sample of 116 female counseling clients. Differences in mean scores for scales on both SVIB forms were highly related to the masculinity of interests of the people in those…

Analyses of interscale relations in 235 college students for the Vocational Preference Inventory and Vocational Interest Inventory, based on interest models of Holland and Roe, respectively, suggest that the two-dimensional, circular configuration of occupational or personality types may be an oversimplification which impedes the understanding of…

Tested the hypothesis of greater reliance on the intuitive style by females and on the planning style by males in making career decisions. There were no sex differences in these high school and college samples for stage or style of decision making, vocational self-concept crystallization, or self-rated vocational decisiveness. (Author/BEF)

Compared Vocational Interest Inventory and Unisex versions of ACT Interest Inventory. Sex-restrictive results occurred. Women preferred Service and Artistic areas, and men Technical, Outdoor, and Scientific areas. Biggest challenge to reducing sex bias in interest tests appears to be women's attraction to People and aversion to Things. (Author/BEF)

Discriminant function analyses involving two vocational interest inventories (ACT Interest Inventory and Lunneborg's Vocational Interest Inventory) to differentiate majors of college graduates supported the definition of three dimensions: Business Contact vs. Science, Business Detail vs. Arts, and Service vs. Technical. This common structure…

In a sample of 1622 students in college for three years, 24 percent indecisive students were found and compared with vocationally decisive students (having majors) using precollege measures of achievement, aptitude, and interest. Measures of interest differentiation were of particular concern. Most important to vocational indecision, however, was…

Discriminant function analyses involving two vocational interest inventories to differentiate majors of college graduates supported the definition of three dimensions: Business Contract vs. Science, Business Detail vs. Arts, and Service vs. Technical. The implementation of such a three-dimensional scheme for counseling high school students is…