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           ACT INTEREST INVENTORY
              TECHNICAL MANUAL
                  ACTendorses the Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education and the Code of Professional 
                  Responsibilities in Educational Measurement, guides to the conduct of those involved in 
                  educational testing. ACT is committed to ensuring that each of its testing programs upholds 
                  the guidelines in each Code. 
                  Acopy of each Code may be obtained free of charge from ACT Customer Services (68), 
                  P.O. Box 1008, Iowa City, IA 52243-1008, 319/337-1429.
                  ©2009 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved.            13208
              Contents
              1 Overview of the ACT Interest Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                  Editions of the ACT Interest Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
                  ACT Programs with a UNIACT Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
                Description of UNIACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
                  Basic Interest Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
                  Item Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                  Gender-Balanced Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
                  The Data/Ideas and People/Things Work Task Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
                ACT Occupational Classification System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
                  Career Clusters and Career Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
                  The World-of-Work Map (Third Edition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
              2 UNIACT Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                Summary of UNIACT Development: 1975–1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                UNIACT-S Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                  Performance and Content Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
                  Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
                  Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
                  Item Selection and Revision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                Comparison of Item/Scale Functioning: UNIACT-R and UNIACT-S. . . . . . . . . . 12
                  Gender Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
                  Scale Intercorrelations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
                  Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
                Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
              3 Norms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                Norming Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                  Grade 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                  Grade 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                  Grade 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                  College/Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                  Grades 8 and 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                  Grade 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                  College/Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
                Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
                  Grades 8, 10, and 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
                  College/Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
                Representativeness of Norms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
                Norm Distributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
              4 Theory-Based Evidence of Validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
                Scale Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
                  Scale Structure and Underlying Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
                  Response Style and Scale Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
                  Age-Related Structural Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
                  Item Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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                                   Evidence of Convergent and Discriminant Validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
                                   Evidence that UNIACT Identifies Personally Relevant Career Options . . . . . . . . 31
                                       Agreement Between Criterion Group Type and the Predominant Interests of Groups. . 32
                                       Agreement Between Criterion Group Type and the Predominant Interests 
                                       of Individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
                                   Validity Evidence for Demographic Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
                                       Gender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
                                       Racial/Ethnic Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
                                   Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
                              5 More Validity Evidence: Outcome Prediction and the 
                                Use of UNIACT with Other Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
                                   Prediction of Environments and Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
                                       Environments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
                                       Congruence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
                                       Interest-Major Congruence and Stability Outcomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
                                       Congruence and Success Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
                                   Using UNIACT with Other Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
                                       UNIACT in Tandem with Work-Relevant Abilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
                                       UNIACT in Combination with Work-Relevant Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
                                   Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
                              6 Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
                                   Internal Consistency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
                                   Test-Retest Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
                              References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
                              Appendix A List of Non-ACT-Sponsored Reports Involving 
                                             UNIACT (1995–2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
                              Appendix B UNIACT-S Directions and Items: Levels 1 & 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
                              Appendix C UNIACT Scoring Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
                              Appendix D UNIACT Norms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
                              Tables
                                   Table 2.1   UNIACT Item Redevelopment: Empirical Performance 
                                               and Item Content Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
                                   Table 2.2   UNIACT-S Samples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
                                   Table 2.3   Gender Differences in UNIACT Item Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
                                   Table 2.4   Male-Female Score Overlap for UNIACT Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
                                   Table 2.5   UNIACT Scale Intercorrelations: UNIACT-R and UNIACT-S. . . 15
                                   Table 2.6   Internal Consistency Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
                                   Table 3.1   Selected Characteristics of Grade 8 Norm Group Students 
                                               and Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
                                   Table 3.2   Selected Characteristics of Grade 10 Norm Group Students 
                                               and Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
                                   Table 3.3   Selected Characteristics of Grade 12 Norm Group Students 
                                               and Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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