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Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
Adult norms are shown as cutting scores for each of the aptitudes judged significant for a given occupation. Tables for converting adult scores to their ninth and tenth grade equivalents are included. The standard error of measurement is reported for each of the nine aptitudes of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB): intelligence, verbal…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cutting Scores, High Schools
Seeley, Leonard C.; And Others – 1978
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), composed of the common elements of operational classification batteries used by the different services, has been given to high school students since 1968. Results are used by the schools for counseling and by the Armed Services for selecting and classifying potential recruits. The present…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Classification, High Schools, Item Analysis
Wilfong, Harry D.; And Others – 1974
The report summarizes test performance for 771,031 high school students tested on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, (ASVAB) Form Two, during school year 1973-74, with separate normative tables provided by subtest, aptitude composite, grade, sex, and geographic region. New data are provided for ninth grade and post-high school students.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Demography, High School Students
Jensen, Harald E.; And Others – 1976
The Department of Defense directed that the military services move toward the use of a common aptitude battery for satisfaction of their personnel selection requirements. The content of existing service classifications were studied during the initial phase of battery redesign. Elements from the Army Classification Inventory, the Navy Vocational…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Difficulty Level, High School Students, Military Personnel
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
The nine aptitudes measured by the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) are intelligence, verbal aptitude, numerical aptitude, spatial aptitude, form perception, clerical perception, motor coordination, finger dexterity; and manual dexterity. This revised test manual presents: (1) percentile equivalents of aptitude or standard scores for adults,…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cutting Scores, Equated Scores
Employment of Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. – 1977
The development and norming of a Spanish language edition of the United States Employment Service (USES) General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) is described. The new edition, called the Bateria de Examenes de Aptitud General (BEAG), was designed to replace an earlier translation, the BGPA, prepared for use in Puerto Rico. Forms A and B were…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Equated Scores, High Schools
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
This revised manual for the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) discusses: (1) historical development; (2) item analysis; (3) factor analysis; (4) physical format; (5) general working population norms (ages 18-54); (6) intercorrelations of raw GATB test scores and of GATB aptitude scores; (7) development of norms for specific occupations (tables…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Citations (References), High Schools
Fletcher, John; Ree, Malcolm James – 1976
The selection of an appropriate test battery is based on its content and applicability to the vocational trainee population. This report describes the testing of a national sample of U.S. high school students with an established version of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), and a new, enlarged version of the same test battery.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Equated Scores, Factor Analysis
