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Kass, Richard A.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The purpose of this paper was to examine the factor structure of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Forms 8, 9, and 10. The analyses provided evidence of the replicability of ability constructs across diverse samples. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure, Military Personnel
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
Ree, Malcolm James; And Others – 1982
Presented is an investigation of the item and factor characteristics which make up Forms 8, 9, and 10 of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Data on the ASVAB forms were collected from mulitary enlistment applications at 20 Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations. Item and factor analyses were conducted on samples equated…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Factor Analysis
Sung, Yong H.; And Others – 1982
This study assessed level and structure differences across sex and ethnic groups on a newly developed multiple aptitude battery, called the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB), and established and examined the concurrent and differential validities of the battery relative to different groups. The 17 Ball ability variables are: clerical test; idea fluency;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis
McBride, James R. – 1986
An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing