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ERIC #:ED061291
Title:Director, Funeral 0-65.20; Embalmer 0-65.10 -- Technical Report on Standardization of the General Aptitude Test Battery.
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Descriptors:Aptitude Tests; Career Guidance; Cutting Scores; Evaluation Criteria; Job Applicants; Job Skills; Norms; Personnel Evaluation; Service Occupations; Service Workers; Test Reliability; Test Validity
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Publication Date:1956-11-00
Pages:9
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Abstract:The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical Aptitude; Spatial Aptitude; Form Perception; Clerical Perception; Motor Coordination; Finger Dexterity; and Manual Dexterity. The aptitude scores are standard scores with 100 as the average for the general working population, and a standard deviation of 20. Occupational norms are established in terms of minimum qualifying scores for each of the significant aptitude measures which, when combined, predict job performance. Cutting scores are set only for those aptitudes which aid in predicting the performance of the job duties of the experimental sample. The GATB norms described are appropriate only for jobs with content similar to that shown in the job description presented in this report. A description of the validation sample is included. (AG)
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Identifiers:Embalmers; Funeral Directors; General Aptitude Test Battery
Record Type:Non-Journal
Level:1 - Available on microfiche
Institutions:Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service.
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