TY - JOUR
AU - Westbrook, Bert W.
AB - EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 1966, 26, 997-1005. THE RELIABILITY A AND VALIDITY OF NEW MEASURE OF LEVEL OF OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATION 1 BERT W. WESTBROOK North Carolina State University To meet the need for a and valid measure of practical, reliable, level of Haller has de- occupational (1957) aspiration (LOA), The Scale LOA veloped Occupational Aspiration (OAS). Although has been as a factor of some in the social recognized significance of Haller and mobility youth (Empey, 19,56; Haller, 1959; Miller, and Hal- 1963; Holloway Berreman, 1959; Rosen, 1959; Sewell, and research has been restricted ler, Straus, 1957), considerably the lack of an instrument for it. Evidence collected by measuring from several of male school students that the samples high suggests OAS is a valid measure of LOA and The (Miller Haller, 1964). of this is examine the characteristics of the to OAS purpose paper from administrations of the instrument to eleventh resulting grade and boys girls. Level of Occupational Aspiration Miller and Haller define LOA as the area of the (1964) occupa- tional which an individual views as a The prestige hierarchy goal. of an individual’s LOA determined what he views as is range by versus desirable for and probable 
TI - The Reliability and Validity of a New Measure of Level of Occupational Aspiration
JF - Educational and Psychological Measurement
DO - 10.1177/001316446602600421
DA - 1966-12-01
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SP - 997
EP - 1005
VL - 26
IS - 4
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