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ERIC Number: EJ578878
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Modeling Career Counselor Decisions with Artificial Neural Networks: Predictions of Fit across a Comprehensive Occupational Map.
Carson, Andrew D.; Bizot, Elizabeth B.; Hendershot, Peggy E.; Barton, Margaret G.; Garvin, Mary K.; Kraemer, Barbara
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v54 n1 p196-213 Feb 1999
Career recommendations were made based on aptitude scores of 335 high school freshmen. Artificial neural networks were used to map recommendations to 12 occupational clusters. Overall accuracy of neural networks (.80) approached that of discriminant function analysis (.84). The two methods had different strengths and weaknesses. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Discriminant Analysis, High School Freshmen, High Schools, Occupational Clusters
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Neural Networks