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SOME INSTRUMENTALITY‐VALENCE MODELS OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE CHOICE
Author(s) -
Connolly Terry,
Vines Carol V.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1977.tb01085.x
Subject(s) - valence (chemistry) , expectancy theory , extension (predicate logic) , psychology , social psychology , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
This paper reports an extension of valence‐instrumentality‐expectancy (VIE) type models of organizational choice to the decision process of high school students selecting undergraduate colleges. Using questionnaire data from 714 respondents, interactive vatence‐instrumentality models correctly predicted 68% of actual choices. A number of alternative models are evaluated, and several areas for refinement and extension of this study are identified.