Pupils Interests, Abilities and Future Progress at School and Work, 1970

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between interests and abilities among school leavers and to identify the relationships of these to subsequent academic achievements and to job choice and initial job satisfaction.

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Variables Occupational interests; cognitive abilities and general intelligence; personality (Eysenck Personality Inventory) SCE O-grade and Higher exam results; father's occupation; job desired on leaving school; first job entered on leaving school; further education courses entered.

Simple random sample

Postal survey

Educational measurements

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1285-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=c11b0d20b8e5105f38e56df195b08db56605973212df67be1f95968670cb5d3d
Provenance
Creator Weir, A. D., Scottish Council for Research in Education; Closs, S. J., University of Edinburgh, Department of Business Studies; Central Youth Employment Executive
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1981
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Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Scotland