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Concurrent, Differential, and Construct Validities of Technical Report.
Dohm, Thomas E.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
This study was part of a longitudinal research project to establish the validity of the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) relative to various academic criteria. The BAB is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills for use in career counseling. Previous research has demonstrated that adequate validity coefficients exist for both job…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, High Schools
Validation of Current and Alternative Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Area Composites, Based on Training and Skill Qualification Test (SQT) Information on Fiscal Year 1981 and 1982 Enlisted Accessions. Technical Report 651.
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McLaughlin, Donald H.; And Others – 1984
This report describes a large scale research effort to validate and improve the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) aptitude area (AA) composites now used by the Army to select and classify enlisted personnel. Data were collected from existing Army sources on over 60,000 soldiers and over 60 Military Occupational Specialties (MOS).…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Criteria
Use of Multiple Regression to Predict Academic Achievement at a Small Liberal Arts College.
Hardesty, Larry – 1980
The relationship between academic success at DePauw University and such commonly used predictors as tested ability and academic success in high school was examined. The various subtleties of the multiple regression research method were also examined. Subjects were 1758 students who entered DePauw University during the fall semester of 1973, 1974,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank
Test and Item Bias: The Suitability of the Junior Aptitude Tests as a Common Test Battery for White, Indian and Black Pupils in Standard 7. Report P-96.
Owen, K. – 1989
This study was undertaken to shed light on problems concerning the construction and use of a common test battery for various South African population groups. Specifically, the psychometric suitability for use with Indian and Black pupils, of the Junior Aptitude Tests (JAT), which were standardized for White pupils in Standard 7 was studied. The…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
ASVAB Expectancy Tables: Addendum to "A Concurrent Validity Study Relating the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to Success in High School Vocational-Technical Courses".
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Bower, George L.; Lewis, John R. – 1975
This supplemental guide to the interpretation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local guidance and counseling programs is designed for use by high school counselors, service test administrators, and educational specialists. This addendum to the original study presents expectancy tables for 28 civilian…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Expectancy Tables
An Aptitude-Test Battery for Court-Reporter Training: Initial Results of a Longitudinal Validation Study.
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