The measurement of interest differences between students of engineering and of agriculture

Abstract

The interests of students in agriculture vs. those of students in engineering were scored on the basis of the Purdue Interest Report Blank, representing degrees of "like" and "dislike" for 349 items. The divergence of sample groups of 112 agriculture students and 106 engineering students is so pronounced as to yield a biserial η value of .95. The correlation with mental-scholastic aptitude tests or with scholastic achievement is negligible. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)