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The Sex Fairness of Unnormed Interest Inventories.
Gottfredson, Linda S. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1982
Addresses problems associated with Prediger's article questioning the usefulness and fairness of the unnormed Self-Directed Search (SDS) for females. Discusses issues of sex differences and same-sex test norming. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Interest Inventories, Norm Referenced Tests, Position Papers
Are Raw Interest Scores Valid and Sex Fair? A Reply to Gottfredson.
Prediger, Dale J. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1982
Proposes that, while there may be real sex differences in vocational interests, Gottfredson's reanalysis of Self-Directed Search predictive data provides no support for the counseling use of sex-divergent raw interest scores. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Data Analysis, Interest Inventories, Norm Referenced Tests