Matching job tasks to the individual’s preferences improves job performance. Preference assessments, including paired stimulus (PS) and multiple-stimulus-without-replacement (MSWO) procedures, can be used to identify preferred vocational tasks for individuals with disabilities. However, there are few direct comparisons of the efficacy and efficiency of these two assessments for identifying preferred job tasks. We completed the PS and MSWO assessments for three participants who had limited vocal skills and analyzed correspondence between the assessment outcomes. We then assessed the validity of each assessment by evaluating engagement in the tasks identified as high- and low-preferred. Lastly, we asked teachers to watch videos of students engaged in high- and low-preferred tasks and rate student engagement, student happiness, and whether they would recommend the task. For all participants, both preference assessments identified the same high-preferred job task, but different low-preferred tasks. All participants remained engaged when completing the high-preferred task, but two participants were less engaged with the low-preferred tasks identified by the PS than the low-preferred task identified by the MSWO. All teachers suggested that they would recommend the task that was identified as high-preferred.

将工作任务与个人偏好相匹配可以提高工作绩效。偏好评估，包括配对刺激 (PS) 和多重刺激无替代 (MSWO) 程序，可用于确定残疾人的首选职业任务。然而，很少有直接比较这两种评估在确定首选工作任务方面的功效和效率。我们为三名声乐技能有限的参与者完成了 PS 和 MSWO 评估，并分析了评估结果之间的对应关系。然后，我们通过评估被确定为高优先级和低优先级的任务的参与度来评估每个评估的有效性。最后，我们要求教师观看学生从事高优先级和低优先级任务的视频，并对学生参与度、学生幸福感、以及他们是否会推荐这项任务。对于所有参与者，两种偏好评估都确定了相同的高偏好工作任务，但不同的低偏好任务。所有参与者在完成高优先任务时都保持参与，但与 MSWO 确定的低优先任务相比，两名参与者对 PS 确定的低优先任务的参与程度较低。所有教师都建议他们推荐被确定为高度优先的任务。