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 Frequently
Asked Questions | #Why
are there so many questions?
Accuracy is important if people use information
from an inventory to help make decisions. In order to enhance the accuracy of
your career interest assessment, the PASS uses many questions of high psychometric
(measurement) quality.
This makes the assessment more trustworthy.
Each
Basic Interest Scale contains 17 activities. There are 34 Basic Interest Scales
in the PASS. Total number of activities you would need to rate, if you were to
answer each one individually, is 17 X 34 = 578.
The unique forced-choice format
employed by the PASS means that you get a highly reliable assessment having responded
to only half as many questions!
Sometimes
I don't like either option but have to choose one, sometimes
#I
like both and can only choose one. Does this pose a problem for my results?
This
is a common concern, but the PASS looks at patterns of responses over many pairs
of activities. How you respond to one particular question is not of as much interest
as your overall pattern of results. However, it is important to choose carefully
which activity you like most (or dislike least) from each pair.
Although the
PASS is interested in your overall pattern of responses, the overall pattern is
only as good as the individual responses. Responding carefully will help you get
a more accurate assessment of your own interests.
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