Developed for education and career guidance programs, the Career Guidance Inventory evaluates student interest in instructional programs that are offered by Trade, Vocational, Technical Schools, and Community Colleges. 47 different programs are included in the updated edition of the CGI.
Participants are asked to answer to 235 paired activity descriptions. This includes selecting the preferred activity and the amount of interest in that activity. Approximately 45 to 60 minutes is required for completion.
Author
James E. Oliver, 1972 (updated in 1989)
Reliability and Validity
No reliability is calculated in the test manual for he CGI due to a reported uneven distribution among the responses.
Where to Purchase
References
Review of the Career Guidance Inventory by E. Jack Asher. Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Rounds, J. B., Jr. (1985). [Review of the Career Guidance Inventory]. In J. V. Mitchell, Jr. (Ed.), The ninth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 275-277). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
U.S. Department of Education. (1981, 1985). A classification of instructional programs (CIP). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Westbrook, B. W. (1978). [Review of the Career Guidance Inventory]. In O. K. Buros (Ed.), The eighth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 1557-1558). Highland Park, NJ: The Gryphon Press.
