A study was conducted to determine whether students could self-administer, self-score, and self-interpret the California Occupational Preference Survey (COPS) with the aid of a multi-media device as effectively as similar students could take the survey in the conventional group method which involves counselor administration, scoring, and interpretation. Of secondary interest were how the students used the survey and how they felt about the method of presentation. The sample of 158 students consisted of two groups, experimental and control, of ninth grade students matched for sex and reading ability. The COPS was administered, scored, and interpreted. Chi square tests were performed using scores received on the questionnaire administered to all students in the sample. It was concluded that students can self-administer, self-score, and self-interpret the COPS, with the aid of a multi-media device, as effectively, but seldom more effectively, than a similar group can take the COPS in the conventional group method involving the counselor. There appeared to be no discernable pattern in the comparisons which proved to be significant. Slight tendencies could be noted to show that the experimental group high readers recalled more high interest areas, while the control group recalled more low interest areas. (TA)