The History and Development of the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey

Abstract

This article is a brief overview of the history of the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey, tracing its roots back to the early days of vocational interests inventories, beginning in the 1920s. Many of the important themes of survey construction are discussed, such as the domains assessed, content of items, response format of items, scale construction, conceptual arrangements of the scoring scales, and interpretation methods. The 1992 addition of skill items to the interest items is described and evaluated.