use of 23 Basic Interest Scales, and the addition of 2 special scales to measure academic comfort and introversion/extroversion dimensions. The Strong Interest Inventory is high in both predictive and concurrent validity. Components The newly revised inventory consists of 291 items that measure an individual's interest in six areas: The first 282 items are answered by the examinee choosing one of the following options: "strongly like", "like", "indifferent", "dislike", or "strongly dislike" while the remaining 9 items in the "Your Characteristics" section are answered the same way but with different options including: "strongly like me", "like me", "don’t know", "unlike me", or "strongly unlike me". It is an assessment of interests, and not to be confused with personality assessments or aptitude test. Scoring The newly revised version of this test can typically be taken in 30–45 minutes after which the results must be scored by computer. After scoring, an individual can then view how their personal interests compare with the interests of people in a specific career field. Access to the comparison database and interpretation of the results usually incurs a fee. Strong Interest Inventory is a registered trademark of The Myers-Briggs Company, or CPP, Inc. of Mountain View, California. The results include: Scores on the level of interest on each of the six Holland Codes or General Occupational Themes (GOTs). The six GOTs include: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). Scores on 30 Basic Interest Scales (e.g. art, science, and public speaking) Scores on 244 Occupational Scales which indicate the similarity between the respondent's interests and those of people working in each of the 122 occupations. Scores on 5 Personal Style Scales (learning, working, leadership, risk-taking and team orientation). Scores on 3 Administrative Scales used to identify test errors or unusual profiles. Interpretation When an individual takes and completes the assessment, the resulting data is reflected by scores in each of the six General Occupational Themes (GOTs) or interest areas, including Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). Typically, a Theme Code that reflects the top three RIASEC interest areas is reported. For some individuals, however, only one or two RIASEC interest areas may be reported, this being the case if their scores in the five remaining interest areas are not considered high enough or significant enough to be identified as major interest areas. The RIASEC GOT interest area results for any particular individual can be