I__. - International Military Testing Association

ASVIP: AN INTEREST INVENTORY USING
COMBINED ARMED SEWICES JOBS
Herbert George Baker, PhD
Mar j or i e M . Sands.
Navy Personne 1 Research and Deve 1 opmen t Cen ter
San [> i ego, CA y2152-68CllJ
Arnold R. Spokane, PhD
Spokane Career Assoc i ates
Al lentown, PA 18104
ACISTRACT
A number of 7vocational i n terest i nven tor i es have
been devel aped by the A r m e d Serv i ces for use in
guiding en1 i sted p b? r 5 I:I t-1 r-1 e 1 into VI i 1 i t .3. r Ir;
0 c c u p a t i 0 n 5 . T I-I e 4. tl’ i ri 5 t. r u rrl e n t t h 3 ‘2 e I, ‘“. * d
occupa t i onal activities, jub t i ties, retreat i orial
activities, and so ftr th -- or , a combi nat i cln cef
such elements. Test subjects then i n d i c .a t e the i r
interests or preferences for each i tern. Al though
great efforts have been made to cross-code
military .j 0 b s between t h e Serv i ces a i-1 d w i t h
civi 1 ian occupations, unti 1 I-I 3w n 0 interest
measure has used the combined Armed Serv ices jabs.
Th i s paper describes t h e development a n il
admi n i strat ion of the Armed Serv i ces Vocat i onal
Interest Prof i le (ASVIP) . The instrument uses the
job titles (officer and en1 isted) found in the
Mi 1 i tary Career Guide, the jobs al so having been
assigned three-letter Ho1 1 and Codes. In scar i ng,
resul ts indicate the most preferred Ho1 1 and Cude)
plus a n i ndi cat i on of h i gh or 1 CUJ preferred
occupational level . This paper reports on a studr
t 0 measure t h E, e n d o r s e m e 1’1 t 0 f t h e
combined-services jobs. Suggest i ens 3re made for
use and for further research.
INTRODUCTION
Vocational interests have long been recognized as one of the
many individual character i st i cs that affect occupat i ona.
exploration, j ob acqu i si t i an, WCII-k 5.3 t i 5 f ac t i on c. , a n d .r
perhaps, performance. There are many theories of uocat i 13r1al
i n terests and j ob preferences, and a great number of
i nstrumen ts have been deve 1 oped to identify and 115 e a 5 I.J r e
vocational i n terests. One of t h e ma j or US-55 4 ,I. p t h 8 c. 8
instruments is in guiding young people into the tz’pes of
work for which their interests best suit them.
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