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Roberts, David C. – 1993
The purpose of this investigation was to examine historical changes in aptitude scores. Recent literature suggesting a decline in the quality of the U.S. workforce is reviewed, and an expectation that score distributions on aptitude tests have shifted in a negative direction is presented. Archival analyses of normative data for the Short…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Case Studies, Clerical Occupations, Educational Change