The interest structure of Native American college students

Citation
Jic. Hansen et al., The interest structure of Native American college students, J CAREER A, 8(2), 2000, pp. 159-172
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT
ISSN journal
10690727 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
159 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
1069-0727(200021)8:2<159:TISONA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This study investigated the fit of Holland's vocational interest structure for samples of female and male Native American college students. The spatia l arrangement of Native American interest types was expected to (a) be orde red in a R-I-A-S-E-C circular order, (b) approximate a hexagon, and (c) occ upy a two-dimensional space. Strong Interest Inventory General Occupational Theme scores for 103 female and 73 male Native American college students f irst were submitted to a multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis. The MDS a nalysis allowed a visual test of the circular order and hexagonal hypothese s and a statistical test of the two-dimensional hypothesis. A randomized te st of hypothesized order also was used to statistically test the circular o rder hypothesis. All of the statistical tests and visual analyses supported the circular order and two-dimensional hypothesis. The female interest dat a, however, were ml,re consistent with Holland's proposed hexagonal interes t structure than were the male interest data.