Interest Scores While in College of Occupations Engaged in 20 Years Later

Strong Vocational Interest Blank versus expressed vocational interests: A review.

“…On the other hand, these terms did not always refer to the expressed-interest method. Strong (1935Strong ( , 1943 used the term "vocational choice" to refer to either expressed vocational interest or to occupation engaged in (manifest interest).…”

“…Nevertheless, it seems reasonable to say that some of the students were more difficult to predict than others and that this difficulty was reflected in both the expressedinterest method and in the SVIB. The 5year follow-up (Strong, 1935), the 10-year follow-up (Strong, 1943), and Strong's (1943, pp. 402-403) abbreviated report of Stanford freshmen, and the 20-year follow-up (Strong, 1951) all lend support to the preceding statement.…”

Scientists and nonscientists in a group of 800 gifted men.

“…As was noted earlier in this report, many of the SS group majored in economics, business, or accounting. 5 Vocational interest scores for Production Manager and Office Worker. The graphs in Figure 31 are groups PBS (71%) and PSR (68%).…”

Can a man's occupation be predicted?

“…However, very little is known about whether or not these variables point up differences which existed between people before they were found in their respective occupations. The writer has found only four predictive studies-predictive in the sense that there was a time lag between tests administration and occupational membership-those of Strong (1951), McArthur (1954, Terman (1947), andDaniels (1949). The first three used the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, the latter used the MMPI.…”