Interest Inventories Flashcards
Which of the following is NOT one of the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS) scales?
A. Occupational Scales
B. Vocational Interest Estimates
C. Personal Styles Scales
D. College Major Scales
Answer C is correct. The KOIS provides scores on Occupational Scales, College Major Scales, and Vocational Interest Estimates.
Research has found that interest inventories are least predictive of which of the following?
A. job persistence
B. job performance
C. job satisfaction
D. job choice
Answer B is correct. Research investigating the predictive validity of interest inventories have generally found that they’re good predictors of job choice, satisfaction, and persistence but less accurate for predicting job success.
Empirical criterion keying was used in the development of which of the following Strong Interest Inventory scales?
A. Basic Interest Scales
B. Occupational Scales
C. Occupational Scales and General Occupational Themes
D. Basic Interest Scales and Occupational Scales
Answer B is correct. Empirical criterion keying was used to construct the Occupational Scales of the SII. It involved comparing the responses of people employed in various occupations to the responses of a general representative sample of employed adults.
The Kuder Occupational Interest Inventory (KOIS) provides ipsative scores, which means that scores indicate:
A. the degree of consistency of an examinee’s interests.
B. an examinee’s likelihood of success in different occupations.
C. the relative strength an examinee’s interests.
D. the absolute strength of an examinee’s interests.
Answer C is correct. Ipsative scores provide information on an examinee’s relative (rather than absolute) strengths with regard to the interests measured by the test.
Which of the following provides scores on Holland’s six occupational themes?
A. the SII
B. the KOIS
C. the SII and the KOIS
D. neither the SII nor the KOIS
Answer A is correct. The General Occupational Themes scale of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) provides scores on Holland’s six occupational themes.
