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Assessing the Work Personalities of Mentally Retarded Adults. Final Report.
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Lofquist, Lloyd H.; Dawis, Rene V. – 1970
A series of studies were conducted to modify the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) for use with mentally retarded individuals. Modification of the GATB consisted of eliminating answer sheets, increasing practice, individual administration, untimed administration, removal of verbally loaded items,…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Material Development
The Influence of Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Ability Change in Young Adults. Technical Report.
Dawis, Rene V.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
The Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills for use in career counseling. This study reports on ability changes by gender, race, and socioeconomic status in a BAB retest of 112 young adults four years after their initial testing. The sample consisted of 68 females and 44 males; 15 Blacks, 21…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Individual Development, Longitudinal Studies
The Relationship of Participation in School Activities to Abilities and Interests in a High School Student Sample. Technical Report.
Dawis, Rene V.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
Participation in school activities is hypothesized to be a determiner of the measured abilities and interests of high school students. The Ball Aptitude Battery (yielding 14 ability scores), Holland's (1970) self directed search interest inventory, and a biographical information blank (to obtain information about participation in 53…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Extracurricular Activities