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LINEAR EQUATIONS FOR ESTIMATING A PERSON'S OCCUPATIONAL ADJUSTMENT, BASED ON INFORMATION ON OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES
Author(s) -
TATSUOKA M. M.,
CATTELL R. B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1970.tb02138.x
Subject(s) - similarity (geometry) , belongingness , psychology , vocational education , point (geometry) , linear regression , regression , regression analysis , social psychology , statistics , econometrics , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , geometry , image (mathematics)
S ummary . There are broadly two models for vocational guidance, estimating respectively the ‘efficiency’ of the individual against a performance criterion and ‘belongingness or adjustment’ based on similarity to the typical member. The former has attractions of positiveness, but data for the latter are easier to get. It is shown in this paper that, with certain reasonably acceptable assumptions, mean occupational profile data can be used via the point‐biserial to get regression equations permitting the more convenient usage of the ‘efficiency’ approach (though the criterion is still ‘adjustment’). An illustrative example is worked, discussion is given of how the proposed ‘adjustment score’ functions, and a tentative decision rule is stated.