Vocational interests.
19 catalogued instruments are currently grouped under this construct, in Vocational interests and career.
This grouping is editorial and provisional. It is derived from what each entry says it measures, it has not been reviewed instrument by instrument, and 195 catalogued instruments are not yet grouped under any construct. Treat the list as a starting point rather than a complete answer, and read each entry for what it actually covers.
- SII - Strong Interest Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 291 (2004/2012 'Strong' revision); 317 in older editions; a 2023 short 'Strong 244' has 244 items. copyrighted - commercial.
- SDS - Self-Directed Search
Vocational interests and career. 228 (assessment booklet; e.g. Activities = 6 scales x 11 items, plus Competencies, Occupations and Self-Estimates sections). copyrighted - commercial.
- O*NET IP / Mini-IP - O*NET Interest Profiler
Vocational interests and career. 60 (standard IP); 30 (IP Short Form); 60-item pool draws on 30 items per RIASEC type in development; Mini-IP variants exist. public-domain / open.
- KCS / KCIA - Kuder Career Search / Kuder Career Interests Assessment
Vocational interests and career. ~60 forced-choice activity triads (KCS); a Likert variant (KCIA-L) uses rated items. copyrighted - commercial.
- KOIS - Kuder Occupational Interest Survey
Vocational interests and career. 100 forced-choice triads. copyrighted - commercial.
- JVIS - Jackson Vocational Interest Survey
Vocational interests and career. 289 forced-choice item pairs (each Basic Interest Scale = 17 activities). copyrighted - commercial.
- COPS - Career Occupational Preference System Interest Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 168 items. copyrighted - commercial.
- VPI - Vocational Preference Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 160 occupational titles. copyrighted - commercial.
- PGI - Personal Globe Inventory
Vocational interests and career. ~334 in the extended form (108 occupation-preference + 113 activity-preference + 113 activity-competence); shorter PGI-Short exists. copyrighted - author permission.
- UNIACT - Unisex Edition of the ACT Interest Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 90 (15 items per RIASEC type); a 72-item revision also exists. copyrighted - commercial.
- IPIP-RIASEC - IPIP / Public-Domain RIASEC Interest Markers
Vocational interests and career. 48 (8 items per RIASEC type) in the common short marker set; 30-item-per-scale activity/occupation pools (Liao, Armstrong & Rounds) for longer forms. public-domain / open.
- AIST-R / AIST-3 - Allgemeiner Interessen-Struktur-Test (General Interest-Structure Test)
Vocational interests and career. 60 (10 items per RIASEC dimension). copyrighted - commercial.
- MVS - My Vocational Situation
Vocational interests and career. 26 (18 true/false Vocational Identity + 8 yes/no Occupational Information & Barriers items). copyrighted - author permission.
- CDM-R - Harrington-O'Shea Career Decision-Making System - Revised
Vocational interests and career. ~120 interest items plus abilities/values/subject sections (varies by edition/level). copyrighted - commercial.
- PCI - Position Classification Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 84 items. copyrighted - commercial.
- CAI-EV / CAI-VV - Career Assessment Inventory - The Enhanced Version
Vocational interests and career. 370 (Enhanced Version); Vocational Version item count approx 305 - unverified. copyrighted - commercial.
- ORVIS - Oregon Vocational Interest Scales
Vocational interests and career. 92 items. public-domain / open.
- RMIB - Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank
Vocational interests and career. 12 occupations ranked within each of 9 sets (108 occupational titles) - set structure verified, exact title count unverified. copyrighted - commercial.
- SCI - Skills Confidence Inventory
Vocational interests and career. 60 (6 scales x 10 items). copyrighted - commercial.
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