Literature Review: Validity and Potential Usefulness of Psychomotor Ability Tests for Personnel Selection and Classification

Abstract

The psychomotor ability literature was reviewed to determine the validity and potential usefulness of psychomotor ability tests for personnel selection and classification. Over 2,200 psychomotor test validity coefficients were located. These were tabulated by ability (using Fleishman's psychomotor ability taxonomy), criterion (e.g., school vs. training vs. job performance), and job type. Analyses of these data showed that psychomotor tests had been used successfully to predict training and job performance for many different occupations. Barriers to the use of psychomotor tests were also investigated. Reliability data indicate that psychomotor measures are not unstable. Moreover, the possibility of using computerized tests in the future to assess psychomotor abilities should eradicate the problem of apparatus differences which has historically plagued psychomotor testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA193558

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey J. Mchenry
  • Sharon R. Rose

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Performance Tests
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.