What is the JVIS?
The Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) is career interest assessment appropriate for use with high school, college and university students, and career planning with adults, including career changers. It consists of 289 pairs of statements describing job-related activities. Scoring yields a gender-fair profile of the 34 basic interest scales. These scales encompass work roles relevant to a variety of occupations and work styles indicative of culture or environment preferences.
Who Should Use the JVIS?
- Career seekers interested in pursuing a university education and/or university graduates
- Individuals looking for a comprehensive report and extensive interpretative resources
- Career and guidance counselors who prefer to handle interpretation for their clients or students
- Counselors looking for a variety of scoring options
Why Should I Use the JVIS?
FORCED-CHOICE FORMAT. The JVIS employs a forced-choice format asking respondents to indicate a preference between two options. This format offers an improvement over Likert rating scales as it minimizes susceptibility to response bias and helps the test taker discriminate between career interests. Using a forced-choice format eliminates this source of response bias.
CONVENIENT. This vocational interest test can be administered in 45 minutes. Reports are generated immediately. Results are presented using graphs, numbers, scale descriptions, and job information that is insightful and easy to understand.
GENDER-FAIR. The JVIS places equal emphasis upon the measurement of interests of women and men. The survey was standardized in such a way that an equal number of males and females contributed to the selection of activities and scales, and activities were required to show discrimination of each sex separately. The format of this vocational interest assessment allows males and females to be measured in terms of a common set of interest dimensions which do not make discriminations on the basis of traditional “male” and “female” occupations.
Pricing
An overview of startup costs for each administration method for this vocational interest questionnaire is provided below.
JVIS Startup Costs
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
Online Scoring
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$65 | $75 |
Software Scoring
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$190 | $211 |
Mail-in Scoring
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$240 | $275 |
Hand Scoring
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$53 | $64 |
JVIS Per Test Cost
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Online Scoring | $13 | $15 |
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Ready to Administer the JVIS?
Purchasing the JVIS is quick and easy. The first step is to complete an application form to gain approval for an online account. Once approved, you will receive an email with your login information. At that point, you can log in, purchase tests, and begin testing.
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JVIS Resources
- JVIS Basic Interest Scales
- General Occupational Themes
- JVIS Sample Report – US version
- JVIS Sample Report – Canadian version
- French JVIS Sample Report
- JVIS Research Bibliography
JVIS Occupations Guide
The JVIS report gives extensive detail about an individual’s top 3 job groups. The JVIS Occupations Guide contains the information on all 32 job groups in the JVIS. This resource can be helpful to counselors or individuals looking for information on an individual’s interests that did not show up in their top 3. A Canadian version is also available for download.