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More information about the Strong Interest Inventory® Personal Style scales
What do these scales show?
The four scales on page 6 of your Profile show your preferences for and comfort with broad styles of living and working. They can help you learn more about how you like to work, learn, play, or live in general. The scales can show you how to organize your current job to better match your interests and desires, or they can give you insights into how you might structure your life overall. You could also discover that your preferred style is at odds with your current work environment. You might stay in the same career field, yet move into a different role or area that is a better fit.
What do the box and whiskers graphs mean?
The box shows the middle 50%, while the whiskers show the middle 80% of scores for each gender. All four scales are designed so that the mean score (average) is 50. People who score 45 or lower tend towards the left end of the scale, while those who score 55 or and above tend to identify with the right pole. People who score between 46 and 54 often have no predominant preference for one style or another; they frequently have a mix of preferences. For those who score at the extremes (below 40 or above 60), the preference clarity is greater.
Remember these scales are bipolar. The score only shows the direction, not good or bad. A low score is fine; it doesn't mean something is wrong with that person. Likewise, a high score isn't better. It merely shows which pole, or direction, the person feels most comfortable with. Both are equally good.
Click on the links below to read more about each of the individual scales. This is information you won't read in your Strong Interest Inventory® report:
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