The inventory comprises 168 situations associated to various occupations. Each of these
is subdivided into three activities from which the respondent must choose the most
preferred, the least agreeable, while the neutral is left unmarked.
Time of administration is 45-60 minutes.
Consulting the standards of the inventory (percentiles grouped according to: high, low,
and medium, by gender), occupational profiles are obtained which can be accompanied
by additional explanations and “interpretations”. The reference scores do not differentiate
by any other criteria, such as social status, wealth, ethnic origin.
Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD (KOIS) is the revised 1985 edition of the
1979 inventory and is destined to investigating professional interests of high school
students (senior years), undergraduates, and adults of any age. The objectives of using the
instrument target self-assessment, career counselling and finding new alternatives for
personal career development.
This new version includes 100 questions – grouped in three – requiring compulsory /
forced answers for the best liked, the least liked, and the neutral occupation, last remains
unmarked. The questions are grouped in six levels of vocabulary competence and target
various occupations, preferred activities, hypothetical work or life situations (visiting a
museum, reading in a library, hobbies, etc.).
Client answer patterns have been compared to those of people already involved in
academic or work activities who consider themselves satisfied with their choices and the
nature of their work.
The KOIS – Form DD inventory is an instrument for investigating occupational interests
more effectively than the previous versions, through manuals, administrative and user
guides, or scales meant to help draw up an occupational profile. In the General Kuder
Manual published in 1991 a procedure is presented, which allows converting the scores
obtained into Holland codes.
Contents of KOIS :
- Estimate of Professional Interests: Outdoor, Mechanical, Computational,
Scientific, Persuasive, Artistic, Literary, Musical, Social Service and Clerical
activities. The instrument was standardised on a group of 1583 men and 1631
women, high school or college students. - Occupational scales: 109, of which 33 are standardised according to group
criterion – men and as many women, as well as 32 only men and 11 only
women. The instrument was standardised on a group of over 200 people
(men and women) of 25 years or older, who declared themselves to have
been employed for more then 3 years and confessed to experiencing
professional satisfaction in their field of activity. - Scales for pupils and students: 40, of which: 14 are standards according to
group criterion – men and as many women, as well as 8 only men and 4 only
women. The instrument was standardised on a group of over 200 people