A six-concept bipolar classification system for LOA measurement techniques¶

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Description¶

Chapter III presents a classification of LOA measurement techniques built from bipolar concepts: direct vs. indirect, continuous vs. categorical item selection, multiple- vs. single-item, free vs. structured response, complete vs. incomplete, and balanced vs. unbalanced. The authors state that "All techniques known to the writersmay be described in terms of onlya few of the 64 possible combinations which result from the classification", with all existing techniques except the OAS falling into three types. The system is used to evaluate commercial and non-commercial LOA instruments.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Techniques must be describable on each bipolar dimension to permit comparison and evaluation

Constraints¶

• The classification is offered as accurate enough for most purposes, not as an exhaustive formal typology

Target Learners¶

• secondary school students

Target Learning Objectives¶

• measuring level of occupational aspiration for research and counseling

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Level of occupational aspiration (LOA) as a special instance of level-of-aspiration theory with expression levels and goal periods

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Haller, Archibald O. and Miller, Irwin W. (1963). The Occupational Aspiration Scale: Theory, Structure and Correlates. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED016712