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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Div. of Counseling and Test Development. – 1983
This report cumulates the results of 515 validation studies carried out over a 45-year period by the United States Employment Service, and relates these findings to five systems of job classification and job analysis. Correction for sampling error shows that general cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor ability are valid predictors of job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Cognitive Ability, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedCivington, Janet B.; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1978
Examines data from the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) to predict passage of the GED examination. Data were collected and analyzed from four different geographically diffuse states for both comparative and predictive capabilities. The G and V scores on these subtests (at 110 or greater) indicate almost definite prediction. (Author)
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Federal Programs, Predictive Measurement, Research Projects
Palmer, Pamla; And Others – 1990
A statistical comparison was made of two test batteries, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), using a sample of 406 subjects (98 civilian high school students and 308 military recruit examinees). The sample was predominantly white and male. A first analyses described the sample and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Comparative Testing, Correlation
