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Peer reviewedKuder, Frederic – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
Traditional vocational aptitude tests attempt to match the counselee's responses to those of a large group of people in a certain occupation. Instead, person matching attempts to match the counselee's responses to those of individuals who are satisfied with their occupations. (BW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Individual Characteristics, Interest Inventories, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedLongenbecker, Sueann; Wood, Peter H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Scores from the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) served as the criterion variable in a comparison of the predictive validity of the Dental Hygiene Aptitude Tests (DHAT) and the ACT Assessment tests. The DHAT-Science and Verbal tests combined to produce the highest multiple correlation with NBDHE scores. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Certification, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation
Peer reviewedKass, 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
Peer reviewedBriscoe, Cecil D.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
This investigation was concerned with determining the degree of relationship between scores on ability measures included in the standardized General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and self-estimates by high school students of their level of ability in the same aptitude areas as those in the GATB. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Exploration, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedDiessner, Rhett – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) were given to a sample of 37 Yakima Indian students. The predictive validity of the Academic Ability Scale was statistically significant with respect to four of five STEP subtests. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, American Indians, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedKnapp, Lila; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Comparative validity data for the Career Ability Placement Survey and the General Aptitude Test Battery relative to predicting course marks are presented for a sample of ninth grade students. The pattern of correlations between school grades and conceptually similar tests in the two measures was highly similar. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Grade 9, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedDong, Hei-Ki; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
Ball Aptitude BAttery (BAB) scores, grades, and American College Test (ACT) scores were obtained for over 800 high school seniors. BAB scores adequately predicted academic success in 10 subject areas and on the ACT. The battery seemed valid for career planning for males, females, Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Status
