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Download full textWeinstein, Paul A. – 1969
Spillover effects of military training and service on vocational, employment, and educational activity were investigated. Interviewees, consisting of 2,313 Army veterans and 1,084 Navy veterans, were surveyed by questionnaire as to personal and socioeconomic background (including aptitude and education), military occupational specialities (MOSs),…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Career Choice, Educational Background, Employment Experience
Durward, M. Lynne – 1973
This study is on the examination of a battery developed to aid managers and personnel directors in selecting persons with the aptitudes for computer programmer and system analyst positions. It comprises five separately timed tests, measuring the following skills and aptitudes: verbal meaning, reasoning, letter series, number ability, and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Dewitt, Louis J.; Weiss, David J. – 1974
A system of computer programs designed to control the administration of adaptive ability tests was developed and used for over 2500 hours of ability measurement. The system is capable of administering any combination of two kinds of tests to a given individual without interruption. Each test can be based on one of six different testing strategies…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Branching, Computer Assisted Testing
Maier, Milton H.; Fuchs, Edmund F. – 1973
Army personnel managers have a continuing need to select, classify and assign to training and jobs large numbers of men who enter the service. The present publication addresses the value of selection and classification testing program in relation to job training success and the suitability of the tests for subgroups of the manpower available to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Classification, Job Placement
Groome, Agnes – 1974
Research investigated the aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) effects of sex and ability of subjects grouped in dyads to play the simulation game Life Career. The dependent variable was career maturity and it was hypothesized that role-taking would be an intervening variable. A blocked factorial design was employed with 576 students from grade 11…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Career Choice, Career Development
Perry, Dallis K.; And Others – 1971
The results of scholastic aptitude surveys of freshmen entering Minnesota colleges in Fall 1965 and Fall 1968, most of whom had been tested as high school juniors in the winters of 1964 and 1967 respectively, are presented. Tables show the distribution of ability of students entering various types of Minnesota colleges. (MS)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Freshmen
Guthrie, P. D.; Horne, Eleanor V. – 1971
Brief annotations of currently available general school readiness measures are presented. The annotation provides information concerning the purpose of the test; the groups for which it is intended; test subdivisions or tested skills, behaviors, or competencies; administration; scoring; interpretation; and standardization. An alphabetical listing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, Learning Readiness, Library Collections
Rock, Donald A.; Evans, Franklin R. – 1971
Methodologies were proposed for combining background and aptitude and/or achievement information in an approach to the classification problem using the concept of under- and overachievement. The methodologies were applied to independent samples from four high school curricula. The results suggest that when past achievement and/or aptitudes were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1971
Work Unit REALISTIC was undertaken by the Human Resources Research Organization to provide information concerning demands for reading, listening, and arithmetic skills in selected military occupational specialties and to provide information relevant to the matching of personnel literacy skills to job demands for such skils. This report describes…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arithmetic, Armed Forces, Diagnostic Tests
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1952
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cleaning, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1971
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Environmental Technicians
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Aptitude Tests, Building Trades, Career Guidance
