Predicting subject grades of liberal arts freshmen with the Kuder Preference Record

Abstract

Correlation coefficients between Kuder scores and grades in freshman college subjects and grade point average were found to be small, the highest being .25. The results of the Wherry-Doolittle Method of Test Selection show that a few of the scales were more useful than others in contributing to the multiple correlations. It is concluded that interests, as measured by the Kuder, are a relatively minor factor in predicting college achievement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)