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Download full textInternational Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1985
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association for individuals engaged in professional level public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1985 conference are provided. Three papers are…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Item Bias
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association dedicated to the improvement of public personnel assessment in such fields as selection and performance evaluation. Before the IPMAAC's fifth annual conference in 1981, four workshops were conducted on…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
Cesare, Steven J.; And Others – 1991
The effectiveness of the current selection system used to hire eligibility technicians was studied, and the predictive relationship between existing selection instruments and job performance criteria was investigated. Eligibility technicians are employees of San Diego County (California) whose duties include determining the eligibility of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employment Interviews, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Methods
McKillip, Richard H.; And Others – 1977
The work of the United States Civil Service Commission's Personnel Research and Development Center to develop a basis for the written test portions of the Professional and Administrative Career Examination (PACE) is described. The objective was the identification of a construct-valid set of cognitive ability tests for entry level positions.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Employment Qualifications
Droege, Robert G. – 1971
The alternative suggested is comprised of three elements: 1) Working toward changes in attitudes of people and institutions to directly attack discriminatory applications of tests; 2) Emphasizing test validation and development by new test instruments oriented to the needs of disadvantaged applicants; and, 3) Eliminating discriminatory selection…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Competitive Selection, Educationally Disadvantaged, Job Placement
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1988
Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the annual conference of the International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) in 1988 are provided. The "Presidential Address" is by N. E. Abrams. The keynote address is "Is There a Future for Intelligence?" by R. Thorndike. Summaries of 53…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
Mathews, John J.; Jensen, Harald E. – 1977
In order to develop a valid replacement for the difficult to administer and costly Chalk Carving Test presently used in screening Dental Laboratory Specialist (DLS) candidates, an experimental battery of perceptual tests was given to 172 prospective DLS students. Dexterity tests were also given to a subsample. Experimental laboratory ratings and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Dental Technicians, Factor Analysis
Coast Guard Inst., Oklahoma City, OK. – 1978
Papers presented at the Military Testing Association Conference focused on technical information and experience in the area of personnel management. Papers were contributed by representatives of American and foreign business, educational, and military communities. Topics for the 17 sections comprising the conference were: (1) Occupational surveys;…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Females, Job Analysis, Military Personnel
Brooks, James – 1974
This paper relates the legal requirements regarding employee selection and equal employment opportunity. The 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title VII; the interpretations of Title VII by the Equal Employment Commission; the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971); and pertinent questions for employers, following the Griggs case, are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Dunnette, Marvin D.; Motowidlo, Stephan J. – 1976
Research was conducted to develop the Police Career Index (PCI) and the regional assessment center exercises to provide a total personnel evaluation system to help police departments screen applicants, evaluate on-the-job performance of officers eligible for promotion, and gauge a person's suitability for police work. The PCI is based on actual…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods, Job Placement
Conley, Patrick; Jegerski, Jane – 1991
Construction of a work sample test, the Investigator Planning Exercise (IPE), for the job of detective in the Chicago (Illinois) Police Department is described. Simulated crime scenarios, a mock crime scene, and five checklists of necessary skills (i.e., ability to summarize and communicate facts, identify inconsistencies, and determine the next…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Deduction, Evaluators, Interrater Reliability
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1984
Thirteen papers are presented that discuss issues in public personnel decision making, specifically in the area of personnel selection. After an introduction by James P. Springer, the following papers are presented: (1) "History of Employment Testing" (Matthew Hale); (2) "Job Families: A Review and Discussion of Their Implications for Personnel…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Decision Making, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
Hunter, John E. – 1983
The economic impact of optimal selection using ability tests is far higher than is commonly known. For small organizations, dollar savings from higher productivity can run into millions of dollars a year. This report estimates the potential savings to the Federal Government as an employer as being 15.61 billion dollars per year if tests were given…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Cutting Scores
Gavin, Anne T. – 1977
Content validity involves a judgment that all knowledges, skills, abilities, and other worker characteristics (KSAOs) needed for successful job performance (or a specified portion, the job content domain), have been adequately sampled by the tests used for employee selection and promotion decision making. The model outlines the procedure for…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Equivalency Tests, Government Employees, Job 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
