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Title: | Assessing Vocational Interests: Convergence and Divergence of Inventories and Informants |
Author(s): | Russell, Mary |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Rounds, James |
Department / Program: | Educational Psychology |
Discipline: | Educational Psychology |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Education, Tests and Measurements |
Abstract: | Two studies evaluated the agreement among assessments of vocational interests. Study 1 evaluated the agreement among four interest inventories designed to assess John Holland's (1997) RIASEC vocational types (Strong Interest Inventory, SII; Self-Directed Search, SDS; O*Net Interest Profiler, IP; and Unisex ACT Interest Inventory, UNIACT). The multitrait-multisource matrix was analyzed using Campbell and Fiske's (1959) guidelines and using SEM models designed to evaluate such matrices (Eid, Lischetzke & Nussbeck, 2006). Study 2 evaluated agreement among a target person's SII results, self-ratings and informant (peer/family) ratings of vocational interests. Although Study I correlations generally fit expectations of Holland's model, the inventories produced quite different practical solutions for test-takers' career exploration. Practical implications related to the choice of interest inventory are discussed. Study 2 correlations between others' ratings and SII results approach the level of correlation seen with ratings of personality traits (Funder, Kolar & Blackman, 1995), despite rating form limitations. |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
Description: | 154 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80018 |
Other Identifier(s): | (MiAaPQ)AAI3301220 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-09-25 |
Date Deposited: | 2007 |
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