Nineteen-year followup of engineer interests

Abstract

This study is based on the Vocational Interest Blanks of 306 Stanford freshmen of 1930, many of whom also filled out the blank in 1931, 1939, and 1949. It was found that the reliability of the engineer interest scale is .936. Permanency of scores is .91 for one year, .77 for nine years, and .76 for nineteen years. As engineer interest scores increase from 0 to 68, students choose occupations while in college and enter occupations 19 years later more and more closely related to engineering. The data are presented in 10 tables. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)