The purpose of this study was to validate the Teacher's Assessment of Students' Aptitudes Form (TASAF), an instrument devised to guide teachers assessment of students' aptitudes through the observation of their classroom behaviors, i.e., to what extent were teachers able to detect levels of differential aptitudes in their students through guided…

The paper illustrates the main lines of documentation activity at the Italian Radio and Television Agency, with specific reference to the automated and intergrated system based on the use of key-words, recently adopted for audio, visual and written material in the journalistic area. It also provides an extensive report on studies on the…

Each year, about 900,000 students in 14,000 schools take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). This workbook is designed to assist these students in using their ASVAB scores for career exploration purposes. It is intended to be interactive and to motivate students to become involved in interpreting their ASVAB scores. There are…

This study assessed level and structure differences across sex and ethnic groups on a newly developed multiple aptitude battery, called the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB), and established and examined the concurrent and differential validities of the battery relative to different groups. The 17 Ball ability variables are: clerical test; idea fluency;…

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…

Results are summarized for a number of tests administered to secondary school students in Idaho. A description of each test and the students tested is provided, as well as the purposes of the test and a brief summary of results. Two tests administered especially in Idaho are included. The Idaho Proficiency Test, a criterion referenced test of…

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…

The feasibility of inferring relative task difficulty values and relative task aptitude requirements for a variety of tasks in the General and Administrative work areas is discussed. It was established that there was a high positive relationship between relative task difficulty values, as designated by work supervisors, and the corresponding…

This study attempted to answer six questions: (1) What are the differences between the aptitudes of students aged 15.5 to 18.5 confined to the Industrial School as established by the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), (2) What are the differences as compared to the norms established by the California Achievement Test (CAT), (3) What are the…

The main effort during the reporting period was focused on Projects A and B of the research proposal. The aim of Project A is to develop strategic disposition tests for determining individual competence and preferred learning style. The aim of Project B is to examine the relationships between individual competence and performance on a task under…

Test performance of a representative sample of 35,291 high school students tested on Form 5 of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is summarized. Separate weighted normative tables are provided by subtest, aptitude composite, grade and sex. This research is furnished as a supplement to the ASVAB Counselor's Manual (DOD 1304.12X,…

As a consequence of a validation study based on over 200 skilled technicians employed in engine manufacturing, seven aptitude tests were administered to 50 applicants in June 1982. This report presents correlations between test scores and three criteria (math grades, job performance ratings, and a composite) for the 26 people who entered the…

The Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills. It is designed for use in career counseling and personnel selection. The 14 BAB tests yield 16 ability scores: Clerical, Idea Fluency, Tonal Memory, Pitch Descrimination, Inductive Reasoning, Word Association, Writing Speed, Paper Folding, Vocabulary,…

This paper addresses the information revealed in incorrect option selection on multiple choice items. Multilinear Formula Scoring (MFS), a theory providing methods for solving psychological measurement problems of long standing, is first used to estimate option characteristic curves for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Arithmetic…

The following tests and techniques have been developed by the U.S. Emloyment Service for the measurement of occupational aptitude, clerical skills, literacy skills, and occupational interest: General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB), Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB), Clerical Skills Tests, Basic…