Predicting abilities from interests

Abstract

The writer has summarized the results of a number of investigations on the relation between interests and abilities. He has used both percentage and correlation methods. The conclusion is quite clear that interest expressions are of no significant value as criteria of abilities; they are suggestive merely. Further, "an occupation in which an individual would express his ability to the greatest advantage could, on the average, be predicted equally as well from the occupation in which he is engaged as from the occupation toward which he aspires." A useful list of references is given. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)