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DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO EXAMINE ONE ASPECT OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF APTITUDES, JOB PERFORMANCE, AND AGE -- SPECIFICALLY, TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE VALIDITY OF UNADJUSTED AND AGE-ADJUSTED GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (GATB) APTITUDE SCORES FOR PREDICTING OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS. ELEVEN LONGITUDINAL…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Job Performance
Tal, Joseph – 1986
To identify the aptitude profile of successful guidance counselors, tests were administered to 49 guidance counselors (14 male, 35 female) ranging in age from 29 to 62 (Mean age 42) and having an average of 9.5 years experience. The findings indicated that guidance counselors as a group scored near or above the Johnson O'Connor Research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMacklem, Gayle L. – 1990
Aptitude tests are defined in contrast to intelligence and achievement tests. Although aptitude tests, like intelligence tests, measure a student's overall performance across a broad range of mental capabilities, the former also often include items that measure more specialized abilities (such as verbal and numerical skills) that predict…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
CLEARY, T. ANNE – 1966
FOR THIS RESEARCH, A TEST WAS SAID TO BE BIASED FOR MEMBERS OF A SUBGROUP OF THE POPULATION IF, IN THE PREDICTION OF A CRITERION FOR WHICH THE TEST WAS DESIGNED, CONSISTENT NONZERO ERRORS OF PREDICTION ARE MADE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBGROUP. SAMPLES OF NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS FROM THREE INTEGRATED COLLEGES WERE STUDIED. IN THE TWO EASTERN COLLEGES,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing
Synk, David J.; Swarthout, David – 1987
Meta-analytic research techniques were used to compare the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) validities of blacks and non-minorities. The sample consisted of 7,854 black and 15,769 non-minority subjects from 113 Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) validation studies analyzed since 1972. The first approach was to compare average validities…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Chi Square
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
Christal, Raymond E. – 1991
Two courses on logic gates were administered to 1,191 male and female recruits in Basic Military Training in 3 studies (448, 431, and 312 subjects, respectively) to evaluate the relative validities of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the Learning Abilities Measurement Program (LAMP) tests in predicting individual…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Testing
