Strategies for studying effective methods of test interpretation are discussed. Problems currently encountered in interpreting interest inventories are outlined with some suggestions for solutions. A research model that accounts for both test interpretation and client variables is presented. From this model, several testable hypotheses are drawn.…

An invited critical comment on the Huth review (cg 505 560). The Huth article is considered by the author to be a weak review of the literature with only superficial discussion of issues and no suggested solutions for the problems raised. (Author/JC)

This study interpreted a factor analysis of like-named scales in terms of Holland's theory of vocational choice. The Holland system facilitated the naming of the factors and provided possible explanations of low correlations between like-named scales. Finally, the results lent support to Holland's categories of occupational activity. Comments by…

Results supported other researchers' findings that the Engineer scale on the SVIB is no longer an adequate measure of engineers' interests. (Author)

The author concludes from the study that the ICL is a biased tool. It is basically a good and useful instrument but needs to be restructured. (Author/BY)

Factors were rotated to simple structure by the Kaiser Varimax procedure. Seven factors resulted, accounting for 83.5 percent of the total variance. The factors were defined by SVIB variables which had high loadings and high intercorrelations. Previous groupings into occupational families were challenged. A recommended regrouping of SVIB variables…

The principle of linguistic relativity, or the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, does not provide sufficient reason to vary the language form of a research document." (DB)

Suggests that the Vocational Card Sort is best used as a combined assessment and counseling technique that stimulates clients to project their idiosyncratic classifications of occupational values and interests. It should not be used as a self-administered interest inventory. (JAC)

New as well as landmark instruments and research are described. Among the contemporary issues dealt with is a concern for the source of and methods useful in controlling bias in the construction of interest inventories. With the assessment of interests, as with all measurement, validity is the bottom line. (Author)

Examines the incidence and stability of Holland types in a longitudinal study of a sample of students. Eighteen percent of the students had the same primary code 5 or 6 times during the time span. More than 60% of the sample had at least 1 set of opposite Holland types over the 6 measurement times. (Contains 33 references.) (GCP)

This study examined evidence of concurrent validity for the use of scores from the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) with college student-athletes. Agreement between declared college major and interest scores on the CISS was calculated for male student-athletes and nonathletes. Difference between samples was nonsignificant. (Contains 22…

Conducted two-phase longitudinal study to explore power of Strong Interest Inventory (SII) for college students to facilitate career exploration activities such as talking to professionals and seeking vocational information. Experimental subjects (n=75) who participated in SII testing and group interpretation reported significantly more…