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Peer reviewedRandahl, Gloria J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1991
High point profile analysis of scores from the General Occupational Theme scale of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank-Strong Campbell Interest Inventory and the General Aptitude Test Battery for 516 males and 330 females indicated that interests correlated with high abilities. A theoretically coherent typology of individuals' vocational…
Descriptors: Ability, Classification, Correlation, Measures (Individuals)
Bemis, Stephen E.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1974
This article describes refinements in an occupational family structure based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the General Aptitude Test Battery that enhance the structure's value in counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance
Download full textDavison, Mark L. – 1981
Academic psychology has long been composed of two disciplines, one experimental and one correlational. These two disciplines each developed their own method of studying structure in data: multidimensional scaling (MDS) and factor analysis. Both methods use similar kinds of input data, proximity measures on object pairs. Both represent the object…
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Factor Analysis
Bemis, Stephen E.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1973
How a marriage was arranged between the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the General Aptitude Test Battery to create an occupational family structure of use in vocational counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Job Analysis, Occupational Aspiration
Stanley, Charlton S. – 1968
A study of the relationship between certain test scores and probable training and vocational success was made. Examined were three major training areas: power sewing machine, nurse aide, and clerical office work. Six tests were tested for their ability to predict success: the WAIS Revised Beta; Purdue Pegboard; English, California Surveys of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Aptitude, Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationDroege, Robert C.; And Others – 1977
The following tests and techniques have been developed by the U.S. Emloyment Service for the measurement of occupational aptitude, clerical skills, literacy skills, and occupational interest: General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB), Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB), Clerical Skills Tests, Basic…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Clerical Occupations, Interest Inventories
BOATNER, EDMUND B.; AND OTHERS – 1964
TO INVESTIGATE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF THE DEAF, FOUR OBJECTIVES WERE STUDIED--(1) THE CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF YOUNG DEAF ADULTS IN NEW ENGLAND, (2) THE CURRENT FORMAL VOCATIONAL PREPARATION AVAILABLE TO THEM, (3) THEIR VOCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, APTITUDES, AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND (4) THE NEED AND DEMAND FOR A REGIONAL TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Career Choice, Deafness, Educational Needs
