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Download full textRoehlke, Helen J. – 1968
Various approaches to assessing test score similarity have been used. One form of comparison, encompassing variability in both shape and elevation, is the generalized distance function (D), where D is the difference between two sets of scores. In this methodology, the profile of each member of the sample group is compared with the profile of every…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Programs, Nurses, Personality Assessment
Wayne, John T.; Murphy, Patrick S. – College of Education Record (University of North Dakota), 1970
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Predictive Measurement, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Peer reviewedDolliver, 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
Lindsay, Carl A.; Althouse, Richard – Educ Psychol Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedWorthington, Everett L., Jr.; Dolliver, Robert H. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Concurrent validity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) and predictive validity of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were studied in an 18-year follow-up of a university counseling center group of male college graduate subjects. The SCII had concurrent validity greater than the SVIB. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Interest Inventories
Peer reviewedBorgen, Fred H.; Helms, Janet E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
The sample groups consisted of 570 women and 1,031 men who were National Merit Scholars in 1966. Differentiations of career groups from the SVIB-M were compared for men and women. Results suggest that a single form of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank is potentially feasible for predicting college major and career choices of women as well as…
Descriptors: College Students, Interest Inventories, Predictive Measurement, Research Projects
Sofge, Charles T. – 1974
A primary objective of this research was the development of predictors of academic performance and satisfaction for aeronautical engineering students. Three basic types of data used to develop predictors were biographical (historical), academic aptitude (graduate record exam), and individual interests (Strong Vocational Interest Blank) data.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aerospace Technology, Aptitude Tests, Interest Inventories
Rogers, George W., Jr.; Rowe, Debbie A.
The Academic Orientation (AOR) scale of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory was evaluated regarding its usefulness in predicting academic achievement in college. Also, the AOR scores of 148 low, average, and high functioning college students were compared. Correlational analyses indicated that the AOR is quite inadequate for predicting either…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Salter, Sterling – 1969
The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of the academic achievement scale (AACH) which is an index of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). Subjects were 149 male and female students who requested help in decision making. All subjects had taken the American College Testing program examination (ACT) and the SVIB. Grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Grades (Scholastic)
CAMPBELL, DAVID P. – 1966
A RETESTING WAS MADE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURED INTERESTS AND THE SELECTION OF A MEDICAL SPECIALTY. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH REPORTED HERE ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHY THE STRONG VOCATIONAL INTEREST BLANK (SVIB) AND THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST PREFERENCE BLANK (MSPB) SCALES FAIL TO PREDICT EVENTUAL MEDICAL SPECIALTY. ALL OF THE ANALYSES OF AN…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Interest Inventories, Measurement Instruments
Welch, Thomas Alfred – 1974
Research was undertaken to investigate improving selection criteria for several curricula at the Naval Postgraduate School using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and a biographical questionnaire as indicators of academic success and satisfaction with curriculum and future assignments. The seven curricula investigated were merged into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biographical Inventories, Criteria, Grade Prediction
Castaneda, Gloria G.; Winer, Jane L. – 1985
Studies about engineering students and their success and attrition in college are numerous and diverse. One set of research efforts has focused on the differences between academically successful and unsuccessful engineering students. Personality characteristics, academic preparation, and work values are among the variables which have been analyzed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
Bauer, Roger; And Others – 1968
Since the need for good programers exists and will increase, their identification before training is desirable. Until now only single tests of potential ability have been evaluated. In this study several tests used in various combinations were evaluated as test batteries. The IBM Aptitude Test for Programmer Personnel (ATPP) and the Strong…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests
PDF pending restorationGuinn, Nancy; And Others – 1976
A sample of 593 pilot trainees in Officer Training School were administered the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and the Officer Biographical and Attitudinal Survey. Their performance in pilot training was monitored in order to assess the effectiveness of biographical, attitudinal, and interest data in predicting pilot training criteria. Using…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Biographical Inventories, Flight Training, Higher Education
Sands, William A. – 1975
In order to develop tools for use in the selection and vocational-educational guidance of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen, three empirically-based scales, designed using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB), were developed to predict three criteria: (1) disenrollment for academic reasons, (2) disenrollment for motivational reasons, and (3)…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Career Guidance, College Students, Comparative Analysis
