An Information Processing Approach to Performance Assessment. III. An Elaboration and Refinement of an Information Processing Performance Battery.

Abstract

The Information Processing Performance Battery (IPPB) is an attempt to apply the theories and methods of laboratory-based studies of human cognitive performance to the area of performance assessment. The primary rationale developed through an ongoing series of experiments (Rose, 1974; Rose and Fernandes, 1977; Fernandes and Rose, 1978) is that individuals can potentially be characterized in terms of parameters derived from models of selected information processing tasks. If these parameters can be demonstrated to meet standard test-item criteria, then a test battery comprised of such measures would not only be potentially predictive of performance on a wide variety of real-world tasks but would also be firmly based in theory. Such a test battery would represent a significant advance over standard selection and placement tests; it would promote increased understanding of the cognitive operations involved in any criterion task shown to be related to constructs in the test battery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062827

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  • Andrew M. Rose
  • Leslie J. Kramer
  • Ted W. Allen

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  • American Institutes for Research

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  • Biomedical

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  • Accuracy
  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Data Analysis
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  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
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  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
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  • Task Performance And Analysis

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