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Peer reviewedBriggs, Peter F.; Tellegen, Auke – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Measurement, Performance Tests, Psychomotor Skills
Osborn, William C. – Training in Business and Industry, 1974
A chart of the major action points in the course of developing tests for training evaluation and for qualifying trainees provides a framework for discussing the problems and practices of test development. Performance standards are the most common sources of trouble; the test developer must have unequivocal standards to work from. (AJ)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Performance Tests
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Frank L.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1977
The adverse impact of a content-valid job sample test of metal trades skills was compared to that of a well-constructed content-valid written achievement test for the same technical area. The adverse impact of the former was considerably less. Suggests that industrial psychologists should explore more fully the potential of performance testing.…
Descriptors: Majority Attitudes, Minority Groups, Performance Tests, Research Design
Hirshfeld, Stephen F.; And Others – 1976
A set of procedures for validating the Army's Skill Qualification Tests (SQT) are described. Three phases are discussed: (1) the selection of tasks, (2) the selection of specific content for hands-on performance test items, and of written self-evaluation components, and (3) the establishment of content validity of the hands-on component. The task…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Military Personnel, Performance Tests
Download full textEngel, John D. – 1970
A work sample criterion test was developed for General Vehicle Repairman, MOS 63C30 and 63C40. Test items covered three task categories: troubleshooting, corrective action, and preventive maintenance. Thirty-eight organizational mechanics were tested at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Data were also collected on the quality of performance, for example, use…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Criterion Referenced Tests, Equivalency Tests, Item Analysis
MCFADDEN, DENNIS – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PILOT PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE TESTS TO ASSESS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN TWELFTH GRADE VOCATIONAL PRINTING PROGRAMS. THE OHIO PRINTING ACHIEVEMENT TEST AND A NEW TEST DEVELOPED BY THE PROJECT, THE OHIO PRINTING PERFORMANCE TEST, WERE ADMINISTERED TO A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE NEARING COMPLETION OF THE 4-YEAR…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Grade 12
Balthazar, Earl E. – 1971
This manual discusses general training procedures and describes the workshop method for the functional independence scales of the Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior (BSAB). General training procedures include guidelines for self-instruction for the professional or assistant, instructor and special equipment required. The suggested workshop…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Eating Habits, Guidelines
Mullins, Cecil J., Ed.; Winn, William R., Ed. – 1979
These conference proceedings contain statements from those concerned with various aspects of research on job performance measures. Following introductory remarks, the formal presentations of work and ideas include "Air Training Command Interest in the Criterion Problem," by Donald E. Meyer, "The Criterion Problem: A Personnel…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
