Equivalence of constructs measured by job-specific and commercially available aptitude tests

Article Abstract:

This study examined the equivalence of constructs underlying scores on tests designed to measure the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by specific jobs with the constructs underlying scores on aptititude tests taken from published test batteries. Several models of construct equivalence, differing in their assumptions about factor patterns, factor loadings, and variable uniquenesses, were assessed with confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated that the job-specific tests measured constructs that were essentially equivalent with the constructs measured by the commercially available tests, although the magnitude of unique residual variances differed among the two sets of tests. Furthermore, multiple-groups confirmatory factor analysis indicated that tests loaded equivalently on shared constructs across several sex and race subgroups, although unique residual variances differed across groups. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Psychological tests, Occupational aptitude tests

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Internal analyses of task ratings by job incumbents

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A total of 411 middle-level managers in three Civil Service occupational groups responded to 111 items of a task inventory using Time Spent and Difficulty rating scales. Factor and item analyses were used to form two homogenous subsets of tasks labeled general administrative (75 items) and supervisory tasks (18 items). Analyses of variance conducted on each item indicated there were few differences between respondents of different demographic subgroups, although there were a sizable number of occupational differences. Sex subgroup differences were primarily due to fewer women than men reporting that they were involved in tasks of a budgetary or financial nature and tasks that involved speaking or interacting with large groups of people outside the organization. Ethnic group differences were due to non-White incumbents more frequently reporting that they did not perform a task than did their White colleagues. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Statistics, Statistics (Data), Sex differences, Ethnic groups, Task analysis

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Business climate attitudes and company relocation decisions

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A total of 438 manufacturing firms reported their business relocation activity, their overall attitude toward the business climate in Michigan, and their assessment of 34 business climate dimensions. Using a lens model paradigm, we explored reasons for a lack of relation between actual relocation decisions and overall business climate attitudes. Location decisions were most highly correlated with distance and labor considerations, whereas overall business climate was most highly correlated with tax considerations, and secondarily correlated with labor problems. (Reprinted by permission of the the publisher.)

Economic aspects, Michigan, Economic history, Business relocation, Industrialists, Psychology, Applied, Applied psychology

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