Good and poor interest items

Abstract

Interest items may be evaluated in terms of unfamiliarity, ambiguity, differentiation between men-in-general and criterion group, number of scales on which the items are weighted, reliability, and extent to which they contribute to total score. These characteristics are utilized in the elimination of inferior items and addition of new items in revising the Vocational Interest Blank for Men. Like, indifference, dislike (L-I-D) items are contrasted with preference between items in Parts VI and VII and ratings of present abilities in Part VIII. In general, good items are located midway between the interests of criterion groups and are liked distinctly more than the average by some criterion groups and distinctly less by other criterion groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)