The point-tally. A modified method of scoring the Strong's Vocational Interest Blank

Abstract

24 of the professions scored by the Strong interest blank were arranged in 10 groups within which the professions correlated highly. For each of these areas of vocational interest, the heaviest weighted items were selected to make up the simpler scoring keys. The numbers of these items checked were merely counted as one part of the new score for the occupations falling into a group. The other part of the score for each occupation was the sum of the weights of those items which were more heavily weighted for each occupation. These two part scores were then combined to yield the total score by the simpler method. These new scores correlate from .49 to .71 with the standard scores for the occupations. In 313 tests scored by both methods, the area of highest interest was the same for 82% of the cases, whereas in only 2% did the highest area by the point-tally method fall outside the three highest areas by the standard method. The point-tally method offers a great advantage in economy of scoring time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)