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Skillett, Jack D.; Tompkins, Loren D. – 1984
A study investigated the effect of the hiring process as a quality control measure in relation to the academic aptitude of classroom teachers. American College Test (ACT) scores of teachers in Kansas were analyzed to determine if employment of teachers took into consideration ACT scores. There was no significant difference in ACT scores of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Quality Control, Scores
Peer reviewedMaier, Milton H. – Personnel Psychology, 1988
Validated aptitude tests used to help make personnel decisions about military recruits against hands-on tests of job performance in radio repairers and automotive mechanics. Data were filled with errors, reducing accuracy of validity coefficients. Discusses how validity coefficients can be made more accurate by exercising quality control during…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Auto Mechanics, Job Performance, Military Personnel
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1958
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1968
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
PDF pending restorationOrvis, Bruce R.; Gahart, Martin T. – 1989
As part of the military recruiting effort, the Department of Defense sponsors surveys of the national youth population to help design recruiting and advertising strategies. This report develops and applies a method of using the information contained in national youth surveys to estimate the probability that respondents taking the Armed Forces…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Utilization
