The CSPI Career test
A Multilingual Test
The Career Selection and Purpose Inventory (CSPI) is a psychometrically reliable tool that aids in self-discovery to complete the process of selecting a career and finding individual purpose in life. The CSPI indicates that a person’s traits reflect a tendency toward two career categories, from which they can select their careers.
The CSPI traits include:
- Personality. The qualities associated with career expectations.
- Interests, which represent passion to accomplish career tasks.
- Talents and Abilities. The natural gifts or talents necessary for excellence in the performance of specific tasks to advance career success.
- Academic Performance. The experience of excelling in subject areas, generally in harmony with the other traits identified.
- Opportunities and Views of Others. Inherent in this inventory is the fundamental concept that God orchestrates the opportunities a person is given with the circumstances of life in a specific direction, and speaks through the views of other people, all in accordance with the traits identified.
Time of Test Completion
The estimated time for completion of this inventory is 30-40 minutes.
Test Results
Upon test completion, the results and interpretation will be given immediately and subsequently emailed to you.
Psychometric Data
Test Participants. Over a 2-year period, the CSPI career test was administered as a pencil and paper test of 206 items to 335 persons between ages 13 and 30 at youth career workshops in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, and St. Lucia. Parents, teachers, and teen students were thrilled about the results and the accuracy in the measurement outcomes. Older adults also took the test. However, their results were not included in the data.
The CSPI test, now 214 items with minor adjustments, is in a digital format that provides immediate results and interpretation upon completion. Test takers are directed to possible career choices and have the option to follow the prepared website guidelines in career selection over a one-year period.
Reliability Results. The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.99.
Validity Results. The content validity index was 0.992.
