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Download full textLambrecht, Judith J. – 1981
An aptitude test requiring 10-minutes' administration time was administered to high school students learning Forkner, Century 21, and Gregg shorthand for the purpose of determining test validity for different shorthand systems. Validity data were obtained from approximately 2000 students. Aptitude test reliability ranged from KR20=0.88 to 0.90.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Dropout Rate
Rogers, Deborah L.; And Others – 1986
This report presents the rationale, development, and standardization of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) Form O. The test is used to select individuals for officer commissioning programs, and candidates for pilot and navigator training. Form O contains 380 items organized in 16 subtests. All items are administered in a single test…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Error of Measurement, Flight Training, Military Training
McCormick, Bruce K.; And Others – 1983
Alternate forms of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) were administered five separate times to 57 men and women of military service age. The objective was to determine to what extent means and cross-session correlations are stable over several administrations. Ten individual subtests, the derived ASVAB area composites and the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Drills (Practice), Individual Differences, Military Personnel
Fernandes, Kathleen; Rose, Andrew M. – 1978
An information processing approach was applied to the development and validation of a test battery intended for personnel selection, classification, and guidance; and design of training programs. The approach specifies that tests should measure specific cognitive processes and basic abilities, rather than prior experience. Tests should be short,…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Rose, Andrew M.; Fernandes, Kathleen – 1977
An information processing approach was applied to the development and validation of a test battery intended for personnel selection, classification, and guidance; and design of training programs. The approach specifies that test should measure specific cognitive processes and basic abilities, rather than prior experience. Tests should be short,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Higher Education
Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1976
The Pennsylvania Preschool Inventory (PPI) was developed as a straight-forward and efficient measure of the relative cognitive development of the young child, offering an alternative to more complicated, elaborate assessment instruments. Results of the inventory are potentially relevant to both current and future school success of children between…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Number Concepts
Allen, Ted W.; And Others – 1978
An information processing approach was applied to the development and validation of a test battery intended for personnel selection, classification, and guidance; and design of training programs. The approach specifies that tests should measure specific cognitive processes and basic abilities, rather than prior experience. Tests should be short,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Generalization and Expansion of the Ball Aptitude Battery to High School Freshmen. Technical Report.
Rengel, Elizabeth K.; And Others – 1984
The purposes of this study were to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) on a high school freshman sample; (2) develop BAB norms for high school freshmen; (3) develop and evaluate four memory tests and a vocabulary test appropriate for freshmen; (4) examine level and structure differences for the BAB tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure
Thomson, Peter; Mageean, Pauline – 1987
A pilot study assessed the effectiveness of two selection profiles that were designed to evaluate candidates for admission into prevocational hairdressing and automotive mechanics programs. The selection profile, which was developed by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development, consisted of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Auto Mechanics
