The Development of a Vocational Interest Inventory Using "Worker-Oriented" Job Elements

The purpose of this study was to develop a vocational interest inventory, using the "worker-oriented" job elements of Dr. Ernest J. McCormick and his associates, and to assess the reliability of the resulting instrument. The interest inventory was prepared, based on 191 of the questions fr...

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Main Author:	Harris, Alma F.
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Published:	DigitalCommons@USU 1971
Subjects:	Industrial and Organizational Psychology Psychology
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spelling	ndltd-UTAHS-oai-digitalcommons.usu.edu-etd-67342019-10-13T05:36:00Z The Development of a Vocational Interest Inventory Using "Worker-Oriented" Job Elements Harris, Alma F. The purpose of this study was to develop a vocational interest inventory, using the "worker-oriented" job elements of Dr. Ernest J. McCormick and his associates, and to assess the reliability of the resulting instrument. The interest inventory was prepared, based on 191 of the questions from the Position Analysis Questionnaire, and the test-retest reliability was calculated for a sample of 71 high school students, over a three-week period. The mean correlation coefficient for the five over-all "job dimension" scores of the interest inventory was .80, and the average item reliability was .54. These coefficients were considered high enough to justify additional development and research on the instrument. 1971-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5662 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6734&context=etd Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact digitalcommons@usu.edu. All Graduate Theses and Dissertations DigitalCommons@USU Industrial and Organizational Psychology Psychology
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description	The purpose of this study was to develop a vocational interest inventory, using the "worker-oriented" job elements of Dr. Ernest J. McCormick and his associates, and to assess the reliability of the resulting instrument. The interest inventory was prepared, based on 191 of the questions from the Position Analysis Questionnaire, and the test-retest reliability was calculated for a sample of 71 high school students, over a three-week period. The mean correlation coefficient for the five over-all "job dimension" scores of the interest inventory was .80, and the average item reliability was .54. These coefficients were considered high enough to justify additional development and research on the instrument.
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The Development of a Vocational Interest Inventory Using "Worker-Oriented" Job Elements

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