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Peer reviewedSavickas, Mark L.; Hartung, Paul J. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1996
A literature review on the Career Development Inventory since 1979 found support for its sensitivity and specificity as a measure of readiness to make educational and vocational choices. Research is needed on its predictive validity. Revision should address increasing the reliability of the two cognitive scales. (63 references) (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Literature Reviews, Reliability
Download full textSavickas, Mark L. – 1984
Westbrook (1983) challenged the validity of the construct "career maturity" because measures such as the Career Maturity Inventory Attitude Scale (Crites, 1973) correlate to measures of mental ability. Rather than interpreting this association as evincing lack of discriminant validity, the association should be interpreted as supporting…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
