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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 1 Means and standard deviations of the interest scales and covariates

From: Simulation of vocational activities: experimental evidence of (no) changes in vocational interests

 

Experimental group (n = 131)

Control group (n = 119)

Pretest

Posttest

Pretest

Posttest

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Practical interests (SDS)

 Males

6.19

3.72

5.62

4.03

4.54

3.74

4.76

4.47

 Females

1.28

2.27

1.25

2.50

0.90

1.82

0.75

2.26

Artistic interests (SDS)

 Males

3.21

3.01

3.55

3.36

3.59

3.07

3.41

3.20

 Females

6.08

3.63

5.97

3.60

5.90

3.67

6.20

3.96

Practical interests (DŠVZ)

 Males

2.48

0.76

2.38

0.79

2.24

0.76

2.29

0.85

 Females

1.55

0.44

1.58

0.55

1.51

0.41

1.65

0.52

Artistic interests (DŠVZ)

 Males

1.64

0.73

1.79

0.82

1.76

0.71

1.88

0.76

 Females

2.53

0.98

2.43

0.96

2.57

0.92

2.54

0.94

Certainty of vocational choice

 Males

6.11

2.38

  

6.38

1.56

  

 Females

5.78

2.20

  

6.17

2.19

  

Low motivation

 Males

1.93

0.82

  

1.93

0.86

  

 Females

1.80

0.64

  

1.79

0.74

  
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