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Peer reviewedMandeville, Garrett; DeMaio, Anthony – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Data Processing
GUILFORD, J.P.; HOEPFNER, RALPH – 1965
DATA COLLECTED FROM 15 YEARS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING UNDER THE APTITUDES RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WERE MICROFILMED OR KEYPUNCHED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS. EACH TEST HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED TO ABOUT 600 EXAMINEES. STUDENT HAND-WRITTEN…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Data Processing, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
Ledbetter, William N. – Personnel Journal, 1975
Testing and studying of 373 college students enrolled in an introductory five credit-hour course in data processing indicated that a very large proportion of the students appeared to possess sufficient aptitude for computer programming training. No significant difference was noted between freshmen and seniors or between males and females. (EA)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, College Students
STODOLA, QUENTIN C.; AND OTHERS
THE USE OF PRACTICE TESTS AS A LEARNING AID WAS EVALUATED. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COULD BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO REPRODUCE TESTS AND ANALYZE TEST RESULTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION. INITIALLY, A CLASS OF STUDENTS IN TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (THE REFERENCE GROUP) WAS…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1964
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, Business, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores
Weiss, David J. – 1974
A number of strategies are described for adapting ability test items to individual differences in ability levels of testees. Each strategy consists of a different set of rules for selecting the sequence of test items to be administered to a given testee. Advantages and disadvantages of each strategy are discussed, and research issues unique to the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests
PALORMO, JEAN M. – 1967
DEVELOPED TO AID MANAGERS OF DATA-PROCESSING CENTERS AND PERSONNEL DIRECTORS IN SCREENING PERSONS WITH APTITUDES FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMING, THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMER APTITUDE BATTERY (CPAB) INCLUDES DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TEST ADMINISTRATION, INTERPRETATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. FIVE SEPARATELY TIMED TESTS (VERBAL MEANING,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computers, Data Processing, Guides
Mullins, Cecil J., Ed.; Winn, William R., Ed. – 1979
These conference proceedings contain statements from those concerned with various aspects of research on job performance measures. Following introductory remarks, the formal presentations of work and ideas include "Air Training Command Interest in the Criterion Problem," by Donald E. Meyer, "The Criterion Problem: A Personnel…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
