Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art
Department
Education
First Advisor
Marilyn Patterson
Second Advisor
Edward Doerr
Third Advisor
Mary Utley
Abstract
Differences in male and female self-reported interest and ability in occupations were examined. The researcher studied participants' interest and ability scores on 7 occupational categories of the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey : influencing, analyzing, producing, adventuring, organizing, helping, and creating. Thirty-nine subjects, age 17 to 23, completed the 320 item survey. The sample included 26 female and 13 male subjects. The survey utilized a 6 point response format requiring the subject to determine to what degree they share the interest or ability mentioned. To determine gender differences in response scores, descriptive statistics and one way analysis of variance ( ANOVA) were performed. Gender-based response differences were found in interest and abilities within producing, adventuring, and organizing occupations. Differences were also found in the interest responses involving influencing and helping careers.
Recommended Citation
Melton, Anita, "Gender Differences in Career and Educational Decisions" (1997). Theses. 1078.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1078
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