Chapter SixChapter SixIndividual and Group Individual and Group

Assessment and AppraisalAssessment and Appraisal

Donna S. Sheperis

Michelle Perepiczka

Clint Limoges

Career Counseling: Foundations, Perspectives, and Applications edited by David Capuzzi and Mark Stauffer

Psychometric ConceptsPsychometric Concepts

Reliability

How repeatable and consistent

Validity

Accuracy and integrity of a test

Norms and ScoringNorms and Scoring

Test norm definition:

Descriptive statistical data derived from a representative group of scores to serve as a comparison for individuals taking the test

Norms and ScoringNorms and Scoring

Standardized scores with fixed means and standardized deviations (SD)

z scores (mean = 0, SD= 1)

T scores (mean = 50, SD= 10)

Stanines (mean = 5, SD= 2)

Sten scores (mean = 5.5, SD = 2)

Ethical ConsiderationsEthical Considerations

Competence in psychometrics• APA 11 standards on assessment• ACA 13 standards on evaluation, assessment, and interpretation • NBCC 15 standards on measurement and evaluation • Code of Fair Test Practice in Education

Use of Assessments in Career Use of Assessments in Career Counseling Counseling

Process of providing assessment

Informing clients of the process

Interpretation of results with clients

John Holland’sJohn Holland’s Personality Types Personality Types

Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Conventional

Various inventories test for goodness of

fit

Self-Directed Search (SDS)Vocational Preferences Inventory (VPI)Career Attitudes & Strategic Inventory (CASI)Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

Supers Life-Span TheorySupers Life-Span Theory

Interest: Strong’s Interest Inventory

Various inventories assess career maturity, the salience of life roles, and

the values in life

Values: Work Values Inventory and Values scale

Roles: Salience Inventory (SI)

Theory of Work AdjustmentTheory of Work Adjustment

Needs/Values:Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ)

Level of work and person correspondence

Job Satisfaction:

Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ)

Other: Minnesota Job Description Questionnaire (MJDQ)

Cognitive Information Cognitive Information Processing (CIP)Processing (CIP)

Helps adolescents and adults achieve an optimal level of career problem solving and decision-making skills in support of their career choices

Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)

My Vocational Situation (MVS)

Assessments of Assessments of Aptitude/Ability/AchievementAptitude/Ability/Achievement

AptitudeAn ability, tendency, or capacity, whether inherited or learned from

environmental and life experiences

Assessments ofAssessments of Ability & Achievement Ability & Achievement

Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

SAT/ACT Assessment

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

Miller Analogies Test (MAT)

Assessments ofAssessments ofInterestsInterests

InterestsDefined as a set of beliefs or attitudes towards a given activity, interest is linked to motivation to engage in some form of that activity.

Assessments ofAssessments ofInterestsInterests

Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS)

Kuder General Interest Survey (KGIS)

Career Assessment Inventory (CAI)

Assessments ofAssessments ofValuesValues

Values are generally defined as cognitive, emotional, and behavioral factors that manifest themselves as beliefs.

Assessments ofAssessments ofCareer MaturityCareer Maturity

Career maturity Refers to the clients’ ability to make

reasoned career choices based on their skills, readiness, awareness and experience

Assessments ofAssessments ofCareer MaturityCareer Maturity

Career Maturity Inventory (CMI)

The Career Factors Inventory (CFI)

Assessments ofAssessments ofPersonalityPersonality

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)

The Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Comprehensive Personality Profile (CPP)

The Jackson Personality Inventory-Revised (JPI-R)

Computer Assisted Career Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CAGS)Guidance Systems (CAGS)

Discover

Choices

SIGI-PLUS

Career Key

COIN

Magellan

Qualitative AssessmentQualitative Assessment

Career Values Card Sort

Assessments of Special Assessments of Special PopulationsPopulations

Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI)

Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale (SL-ASIA)

Wide Range Interest and Opinion Test (WRIOT)

ReferencesReferencesHood, A.B. & Johnson, R.W. (1991) Assessment in counseling: A guide to the use of psychological assessment procedures. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Kapes, J.T. & Mastie, M.M. (2002). A counselor’s guide to career assessment instruments (4th ed.). Alexandria,VA: National Career Development Association.

Starkey, D., & Rasmus, S. D. (2005). Individual and Group Assessment and Appraisal. In D. Capuzzi, & M. Stauffer (Eds.), Career counseling: Foundations, perspectives, and applications. Allyn & Bacon.