Job-Derived Selection: Follow up Report.
Abstract
This study deals with the use of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) as the basis for the estimation of aptitude requirements for jobs. The PAQ is a structured job analysis questionnaire that provides for analysis of jobs of various types in terms of the relevance of each of 187 job elements that describe or imply basic human behaviors involved in jobs. The PAQ was subjected to a series of principal components analyses resulting in identification of 'job dimensions.' Scores on these job dimensions were used to derive estimates of the aptitude requirements of jobs expressed in terms of test-related data based on the (9) tests of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) of the U.S. Employment Service. The results show that the PAQ offers substantial potential as the basis for estimating aptitude requirements of jobs. The use of such a procedure (referred to as job component validity) would preclude the need for conventional test validation of tests in some circumstances. This report deals with the use of the PAQ within a job component validity framework as the basis for estimating aptitude requirements of jobs represented by scores on commercially-available tests as contrasted with scores on the GATB tests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA042269
Entities
People
- Angelo S. Denisi
- Ernest J. McCormick
- James B. Shaw
Organizations
- Purdue University