Use of the General Aptitude Test Battery to Predict Success on the Tests of General Educational Development. U.S. Employment Service Test Research Report No. 33.

Institution	Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC.
Titel	Use of the General Aptitude Test Battery to Predict Success on the Tests of General Educational Development. U.S. Employment Service Test Research Report No. 33.
Quelle	(1977), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Aptitude Tests; Career Counseling; Correlation; Equivalency Tests; High School Equivalency Programs; Norms; Prediction; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Success; General Aptitude Test Battery; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Korrelation; Normwert; Vorhersage; Statistische Analyse; Erfolg
Abstract	Due to the small samples and variance of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED) requirements in the reported research, it is difficult to generalize the obtained results in counseling situations. It is the purpose of this study to set up multiple cutoff norms for the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) using the statistical techniques employed in GATB research. A secondary purpose is the verification on a larger sample of the results obtained in three reported studies in Missouri, Wisconsin, and Nevada. The analysis showed that the multiple cutoff battery norms G (General Ability)-90, V (Verbal Aptitude)-85, and Q (Clerical Perception) -95 coupled with special regard to high G and V scores can be very useful in the prediction of success on the GED with the Minnesota requirements, and useful although to a somewhat lesser degree, for the higher Missouri requirement. This study has duplicated some aspects of the results of the three reported studies, in that the G and V aptitudes have the best predictive possibilities for use with the GED, and that scores of 110 or greater on either of these aptitudes indicate almost definite passage. It is not reasonable, obviously, to discourage GED attempts by persons scoring less than ll0 on these aptitudes, and observation of this score should only be made in combination with the aptitude battery norms. (Author/RC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC