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Direct linkEinarsdottir, Sif; Rounds, James – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Item response theory was used to address gender bias in interest measurement. Differential item functioning (DIF) technique, SIBTEST and DIMTEST for dimensionality, were applied to the items of the six General Occupational Theme (GOT) and 25 Basic Interest (BI) scales in the Strong Interest Inventory. A sample of 1860 women and 1105 men was used.…
Descriptors: Test Format, Females, Vocational Interests, Construct Validity
Swan, Kathy C. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
In this national sample of female carpenters (N=411) who began their apprenticeship with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters during the 1990s in the United States, the author provides a profile of female carpenters' vocational interests (The Self-Directed Search). The vocational interests of 137 male carpenters also were gathered for comparison.…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Test Construction, Interest Inventories, Vocational Interests
