Appraising vocational fitness

Abstract

Reviews Appraising vocational fitness (1949), by Donald E. Super. The primary purpose of this work is to provide an objective and detailed evaluation of a number of the most important tests employed by vocational psychologists. This has been realized in a series of chapters which are thorough, straightforward, and with few exceptions free from ambiguity. Super has summarized for each test the most significant research, discussed it in terms of current theory and practice in mental testing, and evaluated it on the basis of its use and reputation in educational guidance, consultation clinics, and business and industry. The work is scholarly. A second objective, to provide the reader with work habits and thought processes to assist in evaluating new testing instruments and new research, does not appear to be as completely fulfilled. The reviewer concludes that the book's greatest value lies in its careful delineation of the most important respects in which a test may be used, and that it will be a very desirable required text for courses in measurements, individual differences, guidance, and vocational psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)