Problems with Single Interest Scales: Implications of the General Factor

Autor/in	Tracey, Terence J. G.
Titel	Problems with Single Interest Scales: Implications of the General Factor
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 81 (2012) 3, S.378-384 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2012.10.001
Schlagwörter	Interest Inventories; Self Efficacy; Test Interpretation; Evaluation Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interest profile; Interessenprofil; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Test analysis; Testauswertung
Abstract	The presence of the general factor in interest and self-efficacy assessment and its meaning are reviewed. The general factor is found in all interest and self-efficacy assessment and has been viewed as (a) a nuisance factor with little effect on assessment, (b) a variable having substantive meaning and thus worthy of including in interpretation, and (c) as systematic bias that distorts the interpretation of the meaning of assessments. The premise of this article is that each interpretation is correct but only depending upon the context of the assessment. The main implication is that narrow single content interest scales are very subject to contaminating effects of the general factor making interpretation very difficult. Methods of correcting this contamination are presented. (As Provided).
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