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ANALYSIS OF THE INTEREST CHECK LIST FOR INDICATIONS OF BIAS
Author(s) -
Davis Stephen P.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1971.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - psychology , modal , trait , social psychology , orientation (vector space) , actuarial science , business , computer science , mathematics , chemistry , geometry , polymer chemistry , programming language
This study was done to find out if there are certain types of bias in the Interest Check List (ICL) used by employment counselors. If one analyzes the ICL in terms of modal Worker Trait Group (WTG) areas, the concern about the frequency of certain WTG areas takes on added importance. The issue is one of validity. Is it valid to say that if one responds positively to a WTG area that has only N=1 as compared to three positive responses for a WTG area that has N=12, the former is not a modal WTG? The exclusion of certain WTG areas from the ICL is discussed. A final issue is the orientation toward data‐type jobs rather than people or thing jobs in the ICL.