Validation of the ACB for Job Performance in Five Job Areas.
Abstract
Unbiased estimates of validity for ACB tests and aptitude area composites against on-job performance were obtained in 29 MOS representative of five technical occupational areas. Coefficients were corrected by both univariate and multivariate models to the full mobilization population. Evaluation of the current aptitude area selectors indicated that in each job group several aptitude area were equally useful in predicting the criterion. Some tendency emerged for technological ability tests and general cognitive ability tests to form two separate clustering of validity coefficients. Electrical Maintenance and Motor Maintenance jobs tended to cluster on the dimension of electrical-mechanical tests while Medical and Clerical jobs yielded validity coefficients that clustered about the general cognitive ability dimension. Using the multivariate model for correction increased slightly the absolute value of validity coefficients; however, differential predictive validity was decreased for tests other than those included in the current aptitude area composites. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- ADA079221
Entities
People
- Barnett Denton
- Claudia Bivins
- William H. Helme