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Download full textSwarthout, David; And Others – 1984
Meta-analysis techniques were used to determine whether or not there are differences in General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) validity and test scores between samples from the Northern, Southern, and Western United States census areas. The sample consisted of 26,111 subjects from 122 validation studies of the Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB).…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Ethnic Status, Geographic Regions, Meta Analysis
Vanderploeg, Arie J.; Mueller, Siegfried G. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
ASVAB, a vocational aptitude battery designed by the Department of Defense and being offered to high schools at no cost, is examined. The instrument is found to fall short of the claims made for it, but the test may be useful for certain purposes. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Counseling, Occupational Tests
Daniel, Mark – 1983
The aptitude scores of 70 physicians in various areas of practice who were tested between 1934 and 1971 were compared with aptitude battery scores obtained by the general population of Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation examinees. For each aptitude test, obtained-score distributions were produced for the time periods of pre-1941, 1941-45, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing
Utah State Dept. of Employment Security, Salt Lake City. Western Test Development Field Center. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Ticket Agent is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for ticket agent positions. Research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Analysis, Occupational Tests
Botterbusch, Karl F. – 1976
Seven commercially available work evaluation systems are compared using a standardized outline: development, organization, work evaluation process, administration, scoring and norms, observation of clients, reporting utility, training in the system, technical considerations, reviewer's summary and comments, address, cost, and references. There are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Occupational Tests, Psychological Testing
Botterbusch, Karl F. – 1977
Four commercially available work evaluation systems are compared using a standardized outline: development, organization, work evaluation process, administration, scoring and norms, observation of clients, reporting utility, training in the system, technical considerations, reviewer's summary and comments, address, cost, and references. There are…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Occupational Tests, Psychological Testing
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1971
The revised Oregon metro edition of the U.T.E.S. interest check list for intermediate education aims at helping students decide what kinds of work they would like and lists activities that are found in a broad range of industries and occupations in the nation. Specific instructions advise the student that the check list is not a test and that…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Planning, Check Lists, Computer Programs
Bemis, Stephen E.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1973
How a marriage was arranged between the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the General Aptitude Test Battery to create an occupational family structure of use in vocational counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Job Analysis, Occupational Aspiration
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
Williamson, Stephen A.; Schaalman, Mary Lou – 1980
Focusing on assessment centers, this chapter is one of seven in a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence. Assessment centers are presented first in a historical context (their origins in personality theory), through which their evolution is traced and examined. What follows is a description of current assessment center…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Employment Qualifications, Job Performance
Oregon State Dept. of Human Resources, Salem. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Waiter/Waitress (Informal) is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research, (2) fairness to minorities, and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training as…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Hospitality Occupations, Job Analysis
1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Refinery Operator is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training in refinery operator…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Analysis, Occupational Tests
Backman, Margaret E.; And Others – 1975
Test takers' preferences for group versus individual administration of the Micro-TOWER System of Vocational Evaluation are reported. The system was administered to 211 clients at a vocational rehabilitation center, and consisted of work samples measuring the following job skills: record checking, filing, lamp assembly, message-taking, zip coding,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Group Testing, Individual Testing, Occupational Tests
McCray, Paul – 1979
The purpose of this publication is to review each of the Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association sample testing standards as well as to provide insight and understanding into the underlying purposes of the guidelines. The first of three sections focuses on those standards designed to insure that a work sample actually measures what…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Job Performance, Job Skills, Occupational Tests
Palmer, Pamla; And Others – 1988
A study investigated the alternate forms reliability of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Forms 8, 9, 10, and 11. Usable data were obtained from 62,938 armed services applicants who took the ASVAB in January and February 1983. Results showed that the parallel forms reliability coefficients between ASVAB Form 8a and the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Employment Qualifications
