Differential Talent Test and Lee-Thorpe Interest Test: Study of Predictive Validity in Specialization of High School Students

The purpose of this study is to conduct research on the predictive validity of the differential aptitude test and the Lee-Thorpe interest test towards students' interest in career decision making. Predictive validity studies used to provide test information and which subjects have significant predictive value in choosing students' interests according to their talents and interests. The sample of this study was 349 high school students in Malang. Data collection instruments used were differential aptitude tests and Lee-Thorpe interest tests. The data analysis technique used is binominal logistic regression. The first factor influencing the choice of specialization is the students' lack of understanding of their talents and interests. Then the second factor that influences the selection system of specialization is not quite right. While the third factor that influences is not done narrative counseling to students, before making specialization choices, as a result of the factors that influence the mistakes in the choice of specialization, students make a selection based on a sense of security, choosing majors that do not have many counting subjects or are related to numbers, then feel amazed at a particular profession even though it is not in accordance with their talents and interests, and suggestions or suggestions from people around him because students do not understand their talents and interests and abilities, so they follow what their parents and friends suggest.