Standaardisering van die Meyer-belangstellingsvraelys op volwassenes

[摘要] The purpose of this investigation was to standardise the MB-10 on adults. As it hasalready been standardised for grade 7, grade 9 and grade 11 learners, as well as firstyear students, the next logical step would be to extend it to adults.This study is further motivated by a suggestion of the Psychometric Committee of theVocational Council for Psychology that there is indeed a need to standardise the MB-10 on adults.Altogether 233 adult volunteers between the ages of 22 and 55 years participated inthis study. The average age of the male group (35 years) is more or less the sameas that of the female group (34 years). The majority of the participants (184) areAfrikaans speaking. Regarding the level of education, marginally more men andwomen (51% and 52% respectively) have post-matric qualifications, whereas 49% ofthe men and 48% of the women only have a school qualification.From the investigation the following conclusions might be drawn:* The same form of the MB-10 which has already been standardised onother groups, can be used as a reliable and valid instrument of measurementfor adult interest.* Item analysis has indicated that there are only a few items which did not makea positive contribution to the relevant field, but that the overwhelming majorityof the item correlations are highly satisfactory. A possible reason for the lowcorrelations may be that certain items that should have been simple enoughfor grade 7 learners, were too simplistic for adults.* No meaningful differences were found regarding interest between adults withdifferent educational levels, except that persons with no post schoolqualifications tend to have a preference for business activities. Results of this investigation have resulted in the setting of separate normtables for adult men and women.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University