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Peer reviewedSewell, Trevor E.; And Others – Urban Education, 1981
Compared aptitude, vocational, and personality measures of high school dropouts with those of a normative population. Also studied the relative contribution of selected variables to achievement. Suggests that achievement motivation, social class, and the institutional impact of the school must be examined to identify reasons for academic failure.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Dohm, Thomas E.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
This study was part of a longitudinal research project to establish the validity of the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) relative to various academic criteria. The BAB is a multiple ability test battery of specific work skills for use in career counseling. Previous research has demonstrated that adequate validity coefficients exist for both job…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, High Schools
Ability Test Performance and Test Validity Difference among Sex and Ethnic Groups. Technical Report.
Sung, Yong H.; And Others – 1982
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;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis
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
Peer reviewedDong, Hei-Ki; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
Ball Aptitude BAttery (BAB) scores, grades, and American College Test (ACT) scores were obtained for over 800 high school seniors. BAB scores adequately predicted academic success in 10 subject areas and on the ACT. The battery seemed valid for career planning for males, females, Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Status
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
Berger, Frances R.; Berger, Raymond M. – 1977
The Air Force Vocational Interest-Career Examination (VOICE) was standardized on a sample of 12,000 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students, to calibrate the instrument with respect to the total Air Force applicant pool. Separate norms were developed for subsamples identified by school grade, sex, racial background, and geographic area. Major tasks…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Data Analysis, Geographic Regions, Grade 10
