AN ASSESSMENT OF FAKING ON THE STRONG VOCATIONAL INTEREST BLANK UNDER ACTUAL SELECTION CONDITIONS

Abstract

Since 1964, the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) has been administered to NROTC (Regular) scholarship applicants. Inasmuch as an SVIB scale is used in selection for identifying potential career effectiveness, it was essential to assess this scale's fakability. The responses of several groups of subjects administered the SVIB under a variety of conditions were contrasted. Under instructions to do so, some individuals increased their scores by faking. However, in an analysis of retention scale scores obtained by NROTC applicants retested as freshmen, no significant tendency to fake emerged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703612

Entities

People

  • Idell Neumann
  • Norman M. Abrahams
  • William H. Githens

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Scholarships
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.