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Explore the history, psychometric properties, reliability, and validity of career assessments, including types like aptitude tests, interest inventories, and personality assessments. Learn about factors impacting stability, assessing values, and career maturity variables.
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Assessment • History • 1883 U.S. Civil Service Commission • 1940’s aptitude batteries • Psychometric Properties • Reliability • Types • Test retest reliability • Alternate forms reliability • Split half reliability
Assessment • Peterson, Sampson, and Reardon (1991): Factors that impact stability (reliability) • The stability of the trait being measured • Group differences: race, ethnicity, gender etc. • Individual differences: genetic endowments, age etc. • The nature of performance for the variable being measured • The internal consistence of the test, how psychometrically sound is the test? • What is the problem with using a test that does not have proven reliability?
Assessment • Psychometric Properties • Validity • Types • Content validity • Criterion validity • What is the problem with using a test that does not have proven validity • Assessment with minority groups • APPLICABILITY! • CHECK THE NORM SAMPLE
Types of Assessment • Career Beliefs Inventories • Assess beliefs about careers and other factors • Career Beliefs Inventory • Career Thoughts Inventory • My Vocational Situation • Aptitude Tests • Assess potential and/or current ability • General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) • The Differential Aptitude Test (GAT) • Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
Types of Assessments • Academic Achievement • Assess present level of academic knowledge and ability • See page 218 • Career Interest Inventories • Measures level of interest in occupations • The Strong Interest Inventory and the Kuder General Interest Survey are the most widely used interest inventories
Interest Inventories • Kuder General Interest Survey • 1. Outdoor • 2. Mechanical • 3. Computational • 4. Scientific • 5. Persuasive • 6. Artistic • 7. Literary • 8. Musical • 9. Social Services • 10. Clerical
Interest Inventories • Strong Interest Inventory • 1. General Occupational themes • 2. Basic Interest Scales • 3. Occupational Scales
Assessment • Personality Variables • Determining fit with personality type and work environment is important • 16PF most widely used personality assessment in career counseling • Developed by Raymond Cattell • Currently in the 5th edition • 185 item test • 5th grade readability level • Can be hand or computer scored
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire • Psychometrics • Test retest reliability .56 to .79 • Internal consistency .64 to. 85 • Interpretive Information • 16 primary factor scales • 5 global factor scales • 3 validity indices
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire • Global Factors • Extraversion • Anxiety • Tough-Mindedness • Independence • Self-Control
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire • Primary Scales • Warmth Vigilance • Reasoning Abstractedness • Emotional Stability Privateness • Dominance Apprehension • Liveliness Openness to Change • Rule-Consciousness Self-Reliance • Social Boldness Perfectionism • Sensitivity Tension
Assessment • Determining Values • Work values • Lifestyle values • Career Maturity Variables • Measures vocational development • Computer assisted guidance assessment • Pros • Cons