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Canadian Commission of Employment and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1983
This document collects five presentations in the field of vocational counseling and guidance. Its aim is to share research reports with vocational counselors, enhancing the level of this service in Canada. In the first paper, Benjamin Gottlieb discusses social networks and the gestalt of help-seeking, pointing out that persons are attached to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Testing
Busch, John Christian; Jaeger, Richard M. – 1986
This study examined the contribution of five categories of variables to the standard-setting recommendations of a representative sample of 241 judges recommending standards for the General Knowledge and Communication Skills Tests of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) for the state of North Carolina. It was based on the assumption that…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Cognitive Dissonance, Educational Attitudes
Synk, David J.; Swarthout, David – 1987
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…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Chi Square
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
This revised manual for the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) discusses: (1) historical development; (2) item analysis; (3) factor analysis; (4) physical format; (5) general working population norms (ages 18-54); (6) intercorrelations of raw GATB test scores and of GATB aptitude scores; (7) development of norms for specific occupations (tables…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Citations (References), High Schools
Pottinger, Paul S.; And Others – 1980
One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter examines the issue of certification from the perspective of the consumer of services performed by the individual possessing the credential. To provide an understanding of the current practice of competence assessment as a component of…
Descriptors: Adults, Certification, Competence, Credentials
Holburn, P. T. – 1992
Research is reported on four tests commonly used in South Africa to select apprentices, the Intermediate Mental Alertness Test, the High Level Figure Classification Test, the Blox Test, and the Mechanical Comprehension Test. Samples were as follows: (1) 206 Asian, 208 Black, 102 Coloured, and 99 White mostly male applicants for sugar industry…
Descriptors: Adults, Apprenticeships, Blacks, Comparative Testing
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1955
The conference focused upon the users of tests in counseling and guidance. The first session centered on multi-factor ability test batteries, with papers on Use of Multi-Factor Aptitude Tests in School Counseling, by Robert D. North; Use of the General Aptitude Test Battery in the Employment Service, by Pauline K. Anderson; Service Tests of…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
A general methodology approach is suggested for measurement of workforce readiness competencies in the context of overall work by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing on the domain-independent measurement of workforce readiness skills. The methodology consists of 14 steps, from the initial selection of a…
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Competence
Christal, Raymond E. – 1991
Two courses on logic gates were administered to 1,191 male and female recruits in Basic Military Training in 3 studies (448, 431, and 312 subjects, respectively) to evaluate the relative validities of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the Learning Abilities Measurement Program (LAMP) tests in predicting individual…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Testing
Mitchell, Karen Janice – 1983
A model of verbal performance was developed which defined cognitive processes thought to underlie performance on the Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The items from two forms of these ASVAB verbal subtests were rated on five conceptualized cognitive storage processes:…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Honig, Jan; Jonas, Judy – 1982
The Vocational Assessment Project for the Deaf tested the vocational interests, skills, and abilities of deaf adults in New Jersey so that accurate recommendations for vocational training and employment could be made. The work samples and psychometric tests, while similar to those used for the adult population at large, were specifically chosen…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Career Counseling, Deafness
Wegner, Toni Giuliano; Ree, Malcolm James – 1985
In the late 1970s, the Department of Defense requested that the reference population for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) be changed and updated to reflect the current youth population. Analyses of new data collected in 1980 indicated that speeded subtest scores of the new sample were atypically low and that the sample might…
Descriptors: Adults, Answer Sheets, Armed Forces, Data Analysis
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1951
Three topics were discussed at this conference: (1) the supply and identification of high level talent; (2) problems of evaluation in general education; and (3) the development of tests for the measurement of non-intellectural functions. Tony Oxtoby and John T. Dailey discussed military and civilian personnel research on talent identification and…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Educational Testing, General Education
Saad, Syed; Carter, Gary W.; Rothenberg, Mark; Israelson, Enid – 1999
This guide was developed to help managers and human resource (HR) professionals use assessment practices that are the right choices for reaching their organizations' HR goals. It provides information about assessment practices so that managers and HR professionals can evaluate and select assessment tools and procedures that maximize chances for…
Descriptors: Adults, Competitive Selection, Compliance (Legal), Employment Qualifications
Block, Arthur R.; Rebell, Michael A. – 1980
One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter provides a review of how the courts have responded to assessment practices. The difference in the perspectives held by the users and originators of assessment procedures and those held by the courts is developed by examining key court cases…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, Certification, Competence