Item-validity of the Lee-Thorpe Occupational Interest Inventory

Abstract

38 experienced vocational counselors and occupational analysts each classified each of the 240 items of the Lee-Thorpe Inventory in the field of interest in which he thought it belonged. The raters were completely or substantially in agreement with the Inventory authors with respect to the classification of 183 of the items. "Since the validity [of the classification] of 57… items is questionable, caution should be used in the interpretation of the interest patterns obtained through use of the Inventory." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)