Interest item response arrangement as it affects discrimination between professional groups

Abstract

Two interest inventories were administered to 418 education students, and 94 electrical engineering students. One inventory was of the Strong type, with responses made in terms of Like Indifferent or Dislike, and the other inventory was of the Kuder type, with responses being forced among comparable choices. It was concluded that the L-I-D test item arrangement is clearly superior to forced-choice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)