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Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1962
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cutting Scores
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1966
THE NINE APTITUDES MEASURED BY THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY ARE INTELLIGENCE, VERBAL APTITUDE, NUMERICAL APTITUDE, SPATIAL APTITUDE, FORM PERCEPTION, CLERICAL PERCEPTION, MOTOR COORDINATION, FINGER DEXTERITY, AND MANUAL DEXTERITY. THIS MANUAL PRESENTS (1) PERCENTILE EQUIVALENTS OF APTITUDE OR STANDARD SCORES FOR ADULTS, 10TH GRADERS, AND 9TH…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Codification, Employment Potential
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1966
NORMS ARE SHOWN IN TERMS OF CUTTING SCORES FOR EACH OF THE APTITUDES FOUND TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE OCCUPATION. THE STANDARD ERROR OF AN OBTAINED SCORE FOR EACH APTITUDE OF THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY IS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN POINTS. INCLUDED IN THE MANUAL ARE (1) AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO APTITUDE TEST BATTERIES, (2) AN INDUSTRIAL INDEX TO…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Codification, Employment Potential
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
Adult norms are shown as cutting scores for each of the aptitudes judged significant for a given occupation. Tables for converting adult scores to their ninth and tenth grade equivalents are included. The standard error of measurement is reported for each of the nine aptitudes of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB): intelligence, verbal…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cutting Scores, High Schools
EDINGTON, EVERETT D.; KUNTZ, ROBERT H. – 1964
DURING 1962-63, 16 FARM MECHANICS RETRAINING SCHOOLS WERE SET UP IN OKLAHOMA UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1961 TO TRAIN 225 MEN WHO WERE EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TEST SCORES AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS USED IN SELECTION OF THE TRAINEES AND THEIR…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Aptitude
Peer reviewedCassel, Russell N.; Reier, Gerold W. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Clerical Occupations, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Validity
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1953
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria, Insurance Occupations
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1955
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria, Food Processing Occupations
Packer, Tea Bag 9-68.01 -- Technical Report on Standardization of the General Aptitude Test Battery.
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1952
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Evaluation Criteria, Food Processing Occupations
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1954
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1954
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1955
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1963
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1959
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
