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Download full textMcLaurin, William A.; And Others
Deficiences in the field of psychological testing associated with the assessment of vocational aptitudes are considered. The rationale for a new approach designed to obviate these deficiences is given. A description of the procedures which provide for implementation of the new approach and the semi-automated Performance Assessment System (PAS) is…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Job Skills, Performance Tests, Predictive Measurement
Tal, Joseph – 1986
To identify the aptitude profile of successful guidance counselors, tests were administered to 49 guidance counselors (14 male, 35 female) ranging in age from 29 to 62 (Mean age 42) and having an average of 9.5 years experience. The findings indicated that guidance counselors as a group scored near or above the Johnson O'Connor Research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Grisafe, John P. – 1979
This handbook contains suggested guidelines for planning and implementing an occupational assessment program and an overview of fifty-one occupational assessment instruments. The guidelines cover these topics: instrument selection and use, administration, scoring, and interpretation. Each of these reviews of occupational interest and ability…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Adult Education, Aptitude Tests
Ruch, William W. – 1972
Statistical, legal and moral problems involved in following the EEOC guidelines are described. The guidelines require separate data for minority and non-minority groups with differential cut off scores for aptitude tests which have a racial bias. Problems reviewed include: identification of racial bias in tests is difficult; giving one race an…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Decision Making, Employment Problems
Campbell, Joel T.; And Others – 1970
This paper, a continuation of the analysis of data collected on 455 Negro and white medical technicians (see ED 035 018) as part of a study on fairness in selection testing, investigates the prediction of supervisors' ratings from aptitude tests. (AG)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture Fair Tests
Bobrow, Warren – 1997
This paper outlines the results of a test validation project for entry-level positions in the tufting areas in a carpet factory. Carpet factory administrators thought that new methods of hiring associates would help improve overall system productivity. A job analysis was conducted through review of job materials and focus groups with employees and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Decision Making, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
Military Testing Association. – 1976
The 75 papers included in these conference proceedings discuss testing conducted by the different brances of the armed forces. The importance of relating necessary job skills to the skills measured by the tests administered to the job applicants is emphasized. Various evaluation methods--including peer rating, aptitude testing, adaptive testing,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conference Reports
Jacobsen, Linda S.; Borchardt, Gordon C. – 1980
In order to identify a battery of aptitude tests which could adequately predict the success of applicants to its court-reporting program, MacCormac Junior College contracted with Science Research Associates in Fall 1976 to conduct a longitudinal validation study of court-reporting aptitude measures. Eight tests were administered to each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
1975
The 62 papers presented at the 1975 conference of the Military Testing Association cover almost all areas of military and occupational assessment and evaluation, and are arranged in 19 "common subject-matter groupings": Symposium (on Aptitude Testing), Training Extension Courses, Computerized Testing, Task Validation and Qualification…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Certification, Computer Assisted Instruction
