Compared the internal structural relationships of scales from the svib, the kuder occupational interest survey, holland's vocational preference inventory, the minnesota vocational interest inventory, and the american college testing program vocational interest profile. The configurations of the scales for all the inventories were found to be similar and to conform to the circular configurations of interest proposed by A. Roe and J. Holland. The common configuration of vocational interests was used to reconcile previous contradictory research results about the comparability of interest scores from various instruments and as a basis for counselor interpretation. (33 ref.)
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