O*NET® Development Reports

Appendix D - The Development of the Occupational Information (O*NET^TM) Analyst Database (1998; revised June 2002)

O*NET databases from O*NET '98 to O*NET 4.0 were populated using data supplied by occupational analysts. To develop this data, analysts evaluated and refined existing occupational data, then extrapolated these data to the O*NET content model. Originally published as part of the O*NET 98 Data Dictionary, this document describes the process. New data is currently being collected that will gradually replace the existing analyst data. Questionnaires are being used to collect data for 4 O*NET Content Model domains, with analyst ratings being used to update a 5th domain.

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Appendix D - The Development of the Occupational Information (O*NET^TM) Analyst Database (PDF - 261 KB)

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Pilot Test Results: Testing Subject Matter Expert Methodology for Collecting Occupational Information for O*NET (March 2001)

The primary method for collecting O*NET occupational information is to ask job incumbents from business establishments to rate the O*NET occupational descriptors (United States Department of Labor, 1999). However, subject matter experts (SMEs) may serve as the source of data for new and emerging occupations and those in which reaching incumbents is particularly difficult. This report describes a pilot study of this supplemental approach for data collection.

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Pilot Test Results: Testing Subject Matter Expert Methodology for Collecting Occupational Information for O*NET (PDF - 1.1 MB)

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Determining the Occupational Reinforcer Patterns for O*NET Occupational Units (July 1999)

This report focuses on the effort to generate work-related values information included in the Worker Characteristics domain of the O*NET Content Model (i.e., identifying features of employment which O*NET users may value or view as personally important).

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Volume I: Report: Determining the Occupational Reinforcer Patterns for O*NET Occupational Units (PDF - 185 KB)
Volume II: Appendix (PDF - 289 KB)

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Development of Occupational Interest Profiles for O*NET (July 1999)

This report focuses on the effort to generate vocational interest information included in the Worker Characteristics domain of the O*NET Content Model. The report describes how Holland's (1997) RIASEC work environments have been applied to the development of Occupational Interest Profiles (OIPs) for the occupations included in O*NET.

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Development of Occupational Interest Profiles for O*NET (PDF - 452 KB)

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Other Reports

Two earlier research reports related to the development of O*NET are available for order, but not available for download.

• The Development of Prototype Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Content Model (September 1995)
• O*NET Final Technical Report (September 1997)

These reports can be ordered from the National Center for O*NET Development. The Content Model costs $30.00 and the Technical Report costs $35.00. Add $6.50 shipping and handling for each if delivered in the U.S.

Make checks payable to:

Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
Attn: Kevin Carlson, Director, Finance and Budget

Checks should be mailed to:

National Center for O*NET Development
Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
P. O. Box 27625
Raleigh, NC 27611

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