John W. Butzow

The Content and Construct Validation of the Academic-Vocational Involvement Scale.

are descriptive of vocational behaviors in a wide range of career areas open to college graduates. The construct validity of the instrument was investigated through the use of factor analysis on the item response stems and then through the use of grouping analysis on the entire items. The Academic-Vocational Involvement Scale (AVIS) was designed to use the semantic differential technique of Osgood, Suci, and Tannenbaum (1957) because of the multi-dimensional nature of the response format. In addition, the graphic interpretations which are possible from semantic differentials (SD) made the technique an attractive procedure for assessing vocational choice. In the validation of the instrument, the following steps were used:

College Freshman Achievement of Parochial and Public Secondary School Graduates

AbstractPrompted by the current controversy over the value of parochial secondary education, this investigation sought to determine whether a difference in the freshman college achievement of graduates of both private religious oriented and public high schools could be shown. The samples of students selected from each group, however, displayed no significant differences in grade point indices at this educational level. Comparisons of aptitude and social class demonstrated the same characteristics for both groups. Interpretation of these data would suggest a great similarity in the collegiate preparative ability of both types of institutions.