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Sung, Yong H.; Dong, Hei-Ki – 1984
The Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills. It is designed for use in career counseling and personnel selection. The 14 BAB tests yield 16 ability scores: Clerical, Idea Fluency, Tonal Memory, Pitch Descrimination, Inductive Reasoning, Word Association, Writing Speed, Paper Folding, Vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Accountants, Aircraft Pilots, Aptitude Tests, Carpentry
Generalization and Expansion of the Ball Aptitude Battery to High School Freshmen. Technical Report.
Rengel, Elizabeth K.; And Others – 1984
The purposes of this study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) on a high school freshman sample; (2) develop BAB norms for high school freshmen; (3) develop and evaluate four memory tests and a vocabulary test appropriate for freshmen; (4) examine level and structure differences for the BAB tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure
Download full textBureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1996
Data from the Youth79 cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys were used to examine the acquisition of skills by young adults at the start of a job and as a response to changes in the workplace. The analysis was based primarily on a set of questions posed in 1993 to a group of workers between the ages of 28 and 36. It was discovered that…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Jacobsen, Linda S.; Borchardt, Gordon C. – 1980
In order to identify a battery of aptitude tests which could adequately predict the success of applicants to its court-reporting program, MacCormac Junior College contracted with Science Research Associates in Fall 1976 to conduct a longitudinal validation study of court-reporting aptitude measures. Eight tests were administered to each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
