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Overachievement of Freshman Engineering Students and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank

Author(s):
Frederiksen, Norman O.; Melville, S. Donald
Publication Year:
1951
Report Number:
RB-51-10
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
12
Subject/Key Words:
College Freshmen, Engineers., Grade Prediction, Interest Inventories, Males, Overachievement., Strong Vocational Interest Blank

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate relationships existing between indices of first-year academic achievement and scores on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men for a group of Princeton engineering students. Complete data were obtained on 93 out of the 104 eligible students in the class entering Princeton in September of 1947. Eight of the correlations between freshman average grade and the Strong scales were significant at the five per cent level or better. They suggest that academic success for this group was directly related to interest in activities associated with men in scientific occupations, and inversely related to interest in activities associated with men in occupations stressing business detail and sales.

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