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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
Peer reviewedNeto, Felix – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
The applicability of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), developed in the United States, to another culture was assessed by investigating reliability and validity of the SWLS with 99 boys and 118 girls from Portugal. The cross-national validity of the scale and its utility with different age groups are supported. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Comparative Testing
Download full textMcConatha, Jasmin T.; And Others – 1986
College seniors--129 who were 25 years of age or older, and 734 younger students were administered the objective portion of the American College Testing (ACT) College Outcomes Measures Project (COMP) test. The total COMP scores and subscores were compared for the two groups, as well as their entering ACT scores and grade-point averages using…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Comparative Testing, Grade Point Average
Noller, Patricia; Shugm, David – Psychological Test Bulletin, 1988
The reliability and validity of the Self-Esteem Inventory developed by S. C. Coopersmith (1975) were evaluated via item-total correlation, discriminant analysis, factor analysis, and analysis of variance of data for 352 Australian adults. The instrument had high internal consistency and discriminated well between subjects with high and low…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing
Thompson, Patricia; And Others – 1979
Using college freshmen enrolled in a learning analysis course, the relationship between five tests of cognitive style was investigated: (1) Group Embedded Figures Test; (2) Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Questionnaire; (3) Adult Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale; (4) Mehrabian Stimulus Screening Test; and (5) Kolb Learning Style…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, College Credits
Moffatt, Gregory K. – 1993
This study of 570 (309 men and 261 women aged 16 to 60 years) undergraduate students in a small, regionally accredited, Southern church-related college was conducted to determine whether or not the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a valid predictor of academic success for students who entered college late in life (after age 30 years). Data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, Black Students
Roth, Jodie L.; Paris, Scott G. – 1991
How students perceive standardized tests and routine classroom tests on subject matter units was studied by surveying 61 fifth-grade and 65 eighth-grade students in public schools in Michigan. It was hypothesized that older students would more often distinguish between the types of test and would be more cynical and less motivated than would…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Classroom Research
