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Brenna, David W. – J Employment Counseling, 1969
The General Ability and Verbal Aptitude subtests of the General Aptitude Test Battery appear to be best predictors. Expands and verifies results of earlier study on subject (Montgomery, 1967). (Author/CJ)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Educational Background, Employment Counselors, Employment Services
Utah State Dept. of Employment Security, Salt Lake City. Western Test Development Field Center. – 1982
Four research papers on the evaluation of the Utah State Department of Employment Security's (USES's) General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) for the deaf are presented. The studies were conducted by the test research staff of the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina from 1970 to 1979. The studies contain not only the analyses on which…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Deafness, Educational Research, Employment Services
DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1966
RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE ON TEST TAKING AND THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN INITIAL TESTING (PRACTICE) AND RETESTING (SEE ALSO VT 003 819). THE DESIGN INVOLVED TESTING A SAMPLE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY EMPLOYEES WITH THE GENERAL APTITUDE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Employees, Employment Services
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1957
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, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers
Hunter, John E. – 1983
The economic impact of optimal selection using ability tests is far higher than is commonly known. For small organizations, dollar savings from higher productivity can run into millions of dollars a year. This report estimates the potential savings to the Federal Government as an employer as being 15.61 billion dollars per year if tests were given…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Cutting Scores
