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Job Analysis and the Specification of Content for Licensure and Certification Examinations.
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Raymond, Mark R. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2001
Reviews general approaches to job analysis and considers methodological issues related to sampling and the development of rating scales used to measure and describe a profession or occupation. Evaluates the usefulness of different types of test plans and describes judgmental and empirical methods for using practice analysis data to help develop…
Descriptors: Certification, Job Analysis, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Rating Scales
Explorations in Human Intelligence: Some Uncharted Routes.
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Anastasi, Anne – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
The importance of defining variables to be put into correlation tables for factor-analytic research into intelligence is discussed. Research on job analysis, task decomposition, performance-related intelligence changes, and cross-cultural differences could be incorporated into definition of variables. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Intelligence
A Comparison of Two Methods for Structuring Performance Domains.
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Schaefer, Lyn; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
Studied methods for structuring a performance domain for a certification test in emergency nursing based on task frequency ratings from 659 emergency nurses or task similarity ratings from 21 experts. A 125-job analysis survey was used. Similarity judgment results are more easily interpreted and adequately modeled by multivariate analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Testing, Job Analysis, Licensing Examinations (Professions)