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Kapes, Jerome T. – 1975
Two independent studies were conducted to investigate possible differences in General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) aptitude M resulting from the use of different test equipment (wooden vs. plastic apparatus.) As part of a ten-year longitudinal study of Vocational Development being conducted in the Department of Vocational Education at The…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores

Hull, Marc; Halloran, William – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Results show that the mean number of Occupational Aptitude Patterns (OAP's) generated for a sample of mentally retarded and boarderline intelligence students is significantly greater for the Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB) than for the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). (DEP)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intelligence Tests, Low Ability Students, Mental Retardation

Trimmer, Harvey, Jr. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1974
Kapes and Sievert's (1973) research on the difference between wooden and plastic peg boards for the GATB is replicated. The results indicate that individuals tested on the wooden equipment perform significantly higher than those tested on the plastic equipment. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Research Needs, Research Projects, Test Reliability
Synk, David J. – 1983
This study used meta-analysis research techniques to determine if there are differences in General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) validities and test scores between males and females. The sample consisted of 26,111 subjects from 122 Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) validation or revalidation studies analyzed since 1972. Four approaches were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Measurement Techniques, Meta Analysis, Scores
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1965
THE POSSIBILITY OF PREDICTIVE ERROR WHEN APPLYING U.S. MAINLAND NORMS FOR THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY TO THE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND SELECTION PROCESS IN PUERTO RICO, PROMPTED A STUDY TO ESTABLISH LOCAL NORMS FOR THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION, BATERIA GENERAL DE PRUEBAS DE APTITUD. A STRATIFIED QUOTA SAMPLE OF 1,500 PERSONS WAS SELECTED…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Statistics, Labor Force, Local Norms
McCormick, Ernest J.; And Others – 1977
A study dealt with the use of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) within a job component validity framework as the basis for estimating aptitude requirements of jobs represented by scores on commercially available tests as contrasted with scores on General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) tests. Procedures generally consisted of the use of job…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Occupational Tests, Performance Tests, Predictive Measurement

Blits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S. – Public Interest, 1990
Reviews the evaluation by the National Academy of Science (NAS) of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), which was developed to predict the job performance of potential employees. Proposes that the NAS recommendation to correct the GATB's racial bias by "race-norming" was a political decision and not scientifically justified. (FMW)
Descriptors: Occupational Tests, Political Influences, Predictive Validity, Racial Bias
DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1966
RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE ON TEST TAKING AND THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN INITIAL TESTING (PRACTICE) AND RETESTING (SEE ALSO VT 003 819). THE DESIGN INVOLVED TESTING A SAMPLE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY EMPLOYEES WITH THE GENERAL APTITUDE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Employees, Employment Services
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
Hunter, John E. – 1983
The structure of this report is as follows: First, specific aptitude theory and general ability theory, the two theories of the relation between ability and job performance, are presented and differentiated. Second, there is a discussion of problems in the current use of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and of problems in the use of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Factor Structure, Job Performance

Reckase, Mark D. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990
This book summarizes the evaluation by the Committee on the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) of the National Research Council of the U.S. Employment Service's use of the GATB. The book serves professional users, policymakers, and students of psychometrics because of its clear and concise review of important issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Book Reviews, Culture Fair Tests, Minority Groups
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Div. of Counseling and Test Development. – 1983
This report cumulates the results of 515 validation studies carried out over a 45-year period by the United States Employment Service, and relates these findings to five systems of job classification and job analysis. Correction for sampling error shows that general cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor ability are valid predictors of job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Cognitive Ability, Federal Programs
Carbuhn, Wayne McKinzie – 1969
This investigation, conducted at Clearfield, Utah, Job Corps Urban Center, attempted to help the Advanced Education Department select and predict the performance of corpsmen who would attempt the General Education Development (GED) test (high school equivalency). Previous selection procedures were cumbersome, confusing, and with a high attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations
Swarthout, David – 1988
The analyses of J. E. Hunter (1983) were replicated with an expanded data set. The Hunter study, the basis of the Validity Generalization system used by the United States Employment Service, contained 515 General Aptitude Test Battery validation studies. The data set in this study included these and additional studies to bring the data set to 755…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cluster Grouping, Job Applicants
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
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