These measurement tests were developed or selected for use in a study of job performance prediction for Negro and white medical technicians. The aptitude tests used were selected from those available rather than developed for this study. These included the Kit of Reference Tests for Cognitive Behavior, the Fine Finger Dexterity Test, and the…

A total of 168 Negro and 296 white Medical Technicians participated in this study. A nine-scale performance rating form was developed and administered. Every technician was rated by at least two supervisors. A test of job knowledge was also given to all subjects. Among the correlations found were: (1) Negro workers received distinctly higher…

This paper looks at the relationship between reading attainment and examination achievement of Black Afro-Caribbean students who formed part of a cohort of inner London schoolchildren included in a longitudinal study. The findings of the research are discussed in terms of policy implications for education. (Author/CT)

Both Negro and white children depict Santa Claus as a Caucasian, although they use different colors in their drawings. This difference in the use of colors could reflect a Negro preoccupation with race or could merely be the result of different environmental influences. (CK)

Research performed pursuant to Contract No. 4368-10 with the National Institute of Health, Public Health Service.

How well an aptitude test battery predicts rated job performance for Negroes and whites, and how well a battery selected for one group predicts performance for the other, is examined. Supervisory ratings were used as the criterion of job performance. Tests selected to predict performance in the job of Medical Laboratory technicians were validated…

Bayesian Johnson-Neyman methodology was used to investigate differential prediction by race in U.S. Air Force training programs. Meaningful differences were found in eight of nine comparisons. The setting of the cutting scores had an effect on whether the bias was positive or negative for Blacks. (Author/GDC)

Preceded by three studies of preschool children, this research compared the thinking abilities of 5-year-old white and black children in relation to certain environmental factors. All of the 2413 children were chosen to conform with the earlier studies by having approximately one-fourth with mothers having graduated from college, one-half…

Perinatal variables were used to predict 7-year outcome for 538 children, 32% Negro and 68% white. Mother's age, birthplace, education, occupation, marital status, neuropsychiatric status, family income, number supported, birth weight, one- and five-minute Apgar scores were regressed on 7-year Verbal, Performance and Full Scale IQ, Bender, Wide…

Correlation, regression, and score interval analyses were conducted for academic tests including the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), and four subtests of the English Placement Test (EPT) for six different groups. The groups were men, women, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, and whites. The use of grade point…

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…

The way that the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has tried to depoliticize minority admissions through the use of predicted graduation equations that are race specific is examined. Multiple regression and discriminant analyses were used with nine independent variables (primarily academic) to predict graduation status of 1974 entering…

This report presents the logic and initial results of a program for the development of unique measures for assessing the potential of "low aptitude" personnel for certain Navy ratings. The logic is based on the conjecture that recruits who can learn a sample of the job requisites in a mini on-the-job training situation will demonstrate…

The usefulness of equations to predict graduation from college was studied using data from the 1974 freshman class of a major research university. The following predictor variables were assessed using multiple regression and discriminant analyses: sex, race, residency, major, high school rank, high school size, Scholastic Aptitide Test scores, and…