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.
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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
Each available JVIS administration method is listed below, along with a summary of the associated startup costs.
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Online Testing | $58 | $66 |
- This pricing includes SigmaTesting.com account setup, 4 JVIS test administrations, 4 JVIS Extended Reports, JVIS Technical Manual, and access to technical support.
- SigmaTesting.com has a minimum purchase requirement of $50.
- The per unit price of the JVIS is $14.50 USD and $16.50 CAD.
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Software Scoring | $206 | $230 |
- This price includes SigmaSoft Software, 10 coupons, and JVIS Software Manual. The JVIS Technical Manual is sold separately.
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Mail-in Scoring | $253 | $294 |
- This price includes the JVIS Technical Manual, 25 JVIS Reusable Test Booklets, and 10 JVIS machine-scorable answer sheets, and 10 JVIS Extended Reports.
- Customers will mail the machine-scoring answer sheet to SIGMA to be scored. A JVIS Extended Report will be returned by mail or email.
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Hand Scoring | $57 | $70 |
- This price includes the JVIS Technical Manual, JVIS Applications Handbook, JVIS Occupations Guide, JVIS Reusable Test Booklet, JVIS Answer Sheet, JVIS Profile Sheet.
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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.
Need more information? Contact us today and our customer service team will contact you within 1 to 2 business days with a response. You can also call us at our toll-free line at 1-800-401-4480 (in Canada) or 1-800-265-1285 (in the US).
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.