The relationship between measures of vocational interest, life history data, and two major educa tional criteria—performance and number of courses taken by area—was explored in a university sample of 1,900 students. Canonical correlation analysis was used to uncover and to describe the major rela tionships between the variable sets. The largest and most important dimension emerging was a general academic achievement dimension. Indices of vari ance overlap suggested that background data, rather than vocational interests, exhibited a stronger relationship with the educational criteria.
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