Validation of the Minnesota Vocational Interest Inventory for vocational high school boys

Abstract

The concurrent validity of the MVII was investigated with over 1000 vocational high school boys in Grades 9 and 12 in Buffalo, New York, schools. Scores of boys in particular trade curricula were checked against relevant MVII scales. At Grade 12, the food, electrical, and printing trade choices were well predicted; students in building trade, machinist, and mechanical programs were not well spotted. Similar results, but less encouraging, were found for the Grade-9 sample. With 1 student sample only (electrical), aptitude test data were unrelated to MVII scores. Students with "high" academic or shop school averages earned higher MVII criterion scale scores than did others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)