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Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1964
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1966
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1960
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Chemical Technicians, Evaluation Criteria
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
Stanley, Charlton S. – 1969
This study was to compare the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and to examine the results of these tests in terms of usefulness to the vocational counselor. The population selected had a sixth grade modal reading level and a modal age between 22 and 29, and achieved the fifth grade level in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
Phelps, Richard P. – 1999
It has been proposed that the federal government's General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) might be used to provide private employers with the same kind of useful information the federal government and college counselors receive about job applicants. The U.S. Department of Labor asked the National Research Council (NRC) to review the issues related…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bias, Employers, Evaluation Problems
