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Psychology

Theses/Dissertations

Utah State University

1973

Aptitude

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The Relationship Of Scoring Above Or Below The 75th Percentile On The Kuder Preference Record To General Aptitude, Vocational Attitudes And Occupational Values, Terry Joseph Orme May 1973

The Relationship Of Scoring Above Or Below The 75th Percentile On The Kuder Preference Record To General Aptitude, Vocational Attitudes And Occupational Values, Terry Joseph Orme

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This study was designed to investigate the relationship of general aptitude, vocational attitudes, and occupational values to scoring above or below the 75th percentile on the Kuder Preference Record by ninth grade students in rural southwestern Utah and southeastern Idaho.

The sample consisted of a group of 248 students who participated in Project Mace. The students were divided into two groups according to their Kuder percentile scores. The G scale of the General Aptitude Test Battery, the Vocational Development Inventory, and the Occupational Values Inventory were also administered to the subjects. The data were analyzed by a simple correlation matrix …