INTEREST INVENTORY

Interest inventories are tools which measure interest by listing activities or occupations to which the student responds by an expression of preference or aversion likes or dislikes (inventoried interests) . A large number of interest inventories are available- two dozen standardized inventories inventories are designed for- 

• vocational guidance only;
• Educational guidance only;
• Both educational and vocational guidance.

Again , some of these are designed for use with -

•  High school seniors , college students and adults
• Junior high school children    

IMPORTANT INTEREST INVENTORIES

1.          Strong compel interest inventory.
2.          Minnesota vocational interest inventory
3.           Kunder general interest survey
4.          Vocational preference inventory
5.            Ohio vocational interest survey 

ADVANTAGES OF INTEREST INVENTORY

• They can assist the counselor in establishing report.
• They can help the student by giving him something to consider or reflect upon ; by providing him with some ideas that he can develop more fully by reading and discussion.
• They can help the teacher to organize meaningful learning experience.
• They can help school personnel to obtain a more complete picture of the individual by providing valuable data about his likes and dislikes.

DISADVANTAGES OF INTEREST INVENTORY

• Lack of predictive validity.
• Inadequate item sampling.
• Lack of validity and test - retest reliability data.