The finding of a mean difference of 11 points (one standard error) between wooden and plastic peg boards for the M‐aptitude of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) as reported by Kapes and Sievert (1973) led to this investigation. The intent was to replicate their research and, by the use of a broader sample range, to examine other selected variables to determine whether any differences remained constant across the population. The results of the study indicated that individuals tested on the wooden equipment perform significantly higher than those individuals tested on the plastic equipment. Converted score differences for the M‐aptitude indicated an average difference of approximately 10.5 points in favor of the wooden apparatus.
The present study investigates the relationship of the GATB “G” with the GED. Practical and theoretical implications are involved.
Making use of samples from the Las Vegas, Nevada population, the study compares scores of individuals administered the GED and GATB. A substantial correlation for prediction purposes was devised to illustrate the use of the GATB “G” to predict, by interval, an individual's position on the GED. The expectancy table helps guide the Vocational Counselor with a constructive tool whereby he advises the next steps of action for an educationally deficient or proficient client.
The study recommends further replications to determine if such studies could guide agency policies whereby vocational counseling practice is improved and agency testing costs reduced.
The authors discuss an assessment instrument measuring work values appropriate for use with minimally skilled, economically or educationally deficient clients. Using the scale to survey the work values of 119 poor versus 119 nonpoor service workers in Nevada, the authors found more similarities than differences between the two groups, and they identify and describe seven significant value differences.
An increasing trend in recent years has been the desirability of a high school diploma either as an entrance qualification of employment or as a by‐product of a training program. As a result of this trend, the tests of General Educational Development (GED) are, in many states, being seen as an alternative for many individuals who have neither the time nor the inclination to reenter high school or other formal educational programs to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent.
The purpose of this article is to examine data from the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) in an attempt to use that battery, or more appropriately, subtests of that battery to predict passage of the GED examination. Data were collected and analyzed from four different geographically diffuse states for both comparative and predictive capabilitites. It is concluded that the G and V scores on these subtests of the GATB (at 110 or greater on either of these aptitudes) indicate almost definite prediction for passage of the GED.
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