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COPSystem Career Measurement

The COPSystem Career Measurement Package includes all of the materials you need to administer, score and interpret the COPS Interest Inventory, CAPS ability battery and the COPES work values survey.

Interpretation of results is organized around groupings of occupational clusters which represent the world of work.

Learn More About Support Materials -
Career Guidance Made Easy!

Wall Charts and Pocket Charts help identify the right occupation for your client.
The Career Briefs Kit provides specific job information in an easy and accessible format for all ages.
The Job Handbook is a useful resource for young adults who want a fun guide to help them prepare for the world of work.

COPSystem Now Available in Multiple Languages

Often career counselors have non-English speaking clients. Rather than translating the COPSystem assessments into a variety of languages each of which may have their own dialect, we suggest the use of the COPS-PIC. However, it is useful to have language translations of the directions for the assessments....Read More.

Dimensions Of Self Concept (DOSC) and Student Achievement

Self-esteem and self-concept are important aspects of student development and the measurement of self-concept may be valuable in student guidance. The literature on the relationship between achievement and self-concept in adolescents provides evidence that academic self-concept is a predictor of academic performance (Darakjian & Michael, 1982; Hunter, 1994; Trautwein and Ludtke, 2006; and Witherspoon, Speight, & Thomas, 1997). Trautwein and Ludtke (2006) discuss self-esteem, academic self-concept, and achievement in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology....Read More.

Personality, Study Attitudes Relate to Academic Success

In today’s rapidly changing global economy, academic success has become more important than ever. The individual and environmental factors that contribute to a student’s success in school are dynamic and complex. The Study Attitudes and Methods Survey (SAMS) was developed to explore student motivation, study habits, and school attitudes. The Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (JEPQ-R) was developed to assess personality specifically for children between the ages of 7 and 17....Read More.

EPQ-R Used to Examine Personality in Adults Born Prematurely

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised (EPQ-R) is a well established measure of personality and may be used in a variety of contexts ranging from personnel selection to clinical research. The EPQ-R measures personality characteristics based on three scales: Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Psychoticism (including a validity check 'Lie' scale). The EPQ-R Short Form is a 57-item version of this personality assessment. The Short Form utilizes the same three scales as the EPQ-R and to decrease administration time without significantly deviating from the theoretical rationale of the traditional version....Read More.

Translated Versions of the DOSC

The Dimensions Of Self-Concept (DOSC) is an inventory designed to measure self-concept in the school setting. In the past few years the DOSC has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese. The validity and reliability of the DOSC has been examined across four cultures in a series of six studies. The authors confirmed the validity of the five DOSC scales across cultures....Read More.

COPS-PIC Norms and Reliabilties

The COPS Picture Inventory of Careers (COPS-PIC) was updated with a new Manual, new norms, and several updated pictures in 2008. The updated pictures depict more modern equipment such as up-to-date looking computer equipment, cash registers and vehicles. Many of the pictures, especially in the Arts, Skilled Cluster have been redrawn to accurately reflect the changes in the job activities and equipment used in occupations in this cluster....Read More.

Career Education Programs for Elementary School

The COPS Picture Inventory of Careers (COPS-PIC) was administered in over thirty schools in Texas to investigate the effects of a career education program for fifth grade students. Results from this study indicate that overall measures of career interest increased as a result of the program....Full Text.

How to Use the COPS-P with the CAPS and COPES

The COPS-P System is a career awareness program consisting of three measures: Professional Interests (COPS-P), abilities (CAPS), and work values (COPES).

The COPS-P, CAPS, and COPES may be used together and summarized on a single profile, the COPS-P Comprehensive Career Guide. Interpretation of these measures is organized around a comprehensive set of occupational clusters, which represent all possible jobs. Results are keyed to major sources of occupational information and related activities, skills, college majors, school planning and training programs....Read More.