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1	The validation of a selection battery for screening university bridging-course students Ngozwana, Davida-Suzanne 25 August 2009 (has links) Legal and scientific imperatives necessitate the validation of a psychometric battery before using it for the purposes of personnel selection and decision- making. The aim of this investigation is to validate a selection battery, i.e. the Ability, Processing of Information and Learning (APIL) Battery and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM), used in selecting university bridging - course students. The empirical study is informed by a literature review focussing on the legal and scientific parameters of psychometrics within selection, the conceptualisation of intelligence and its relationship to academic performance. Hypotheses are posed regarding the predictive power of the selection battery and the effect of biographical factors on academic performance. Results indicate that the APU. Battery apd Raven's APM are both valid predictors of academic performance, ·although the former appears more effective. This investigation emphasises the influence of moderating factors, i.e. factors other than cognitive ability, on academic performance. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Adm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology) Validation Psychometric testing Predictive validity Pilot profile Labour legislation Job analysis Job description Scientific selection APIL Battery Raven's APM 150.287 Ability testing Psychometrics Educational tests and measurements Psychological tests Universities and colleges -- Admission
2	The validation of a selection battery for screening university bridging-course students Ngozwana, Davida-Suzanne 25 August 2009 (has links) Legal and scientific imperatives necessitate the validation of a psychometric battery before using it for the purposes of personnel selection and decision- making. The aim of this investigation is to validate a selection battery, i.e. the Ability, Processing of Information and Learning (APIL) Battery and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM), used in selecting university bridging - course students. The empirical study is informed by a literature review focussing on the legal and scientific parameters of psychometrics within selection, the conceptualisation of intelligence and its relationship to academic performance. Hypotheses are posed regarding the predictive power of the selection battery and the effect of biographical factors on academic performance. Results indicate that the APU. Battery apd Raven's APM are both valid predictors of academic performance, ·although the former appears more effective. This investigation emphasises the influence of moderating factors, i.e. factors other than cognitive ability, on academic performance. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Adm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology) Validation Psychometric testing Predictive validity Pilot profile Labour legislation Job analysis Job description Scientific selection APIL Battery Raven's APM 150.287 Ability testing Psychometrics Educational tests and measurements Psychological tests Universities and colleges -- Admission
3	The predictive validity of the selection battery for trainee pilots in the South African Air Force Flotman, Aden-Paul 30 June 2002 (has links) The sample comprised 92 candidates who have completed the Ground School Phase of the trainee pilot training programme. The independent variables are Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test, the Blox Test and the Vienna Determination Test. The dependent variable is the candidates' results after the Ground School Phase of their training. The results indicated that only the Advanced Ravens test and the Vienna Determination test (Phase 3} correlate positively with the Ground School Phase results of the candidates. The current battery emphasises cognitive abilities and psycho-motor functioning and does not cover personality traits of prospective candidates. It is recommended that new instruments are included (to cover the measurement of personality traits), that the sample size should be increased by promoting pilot training among previously disadvantaged students and that the current pilot profile should be updated as a matter of urgency. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology) Validation Psychometric testing Predictive validity Pilot profile Labour legislation Job analysis Job description Scientific selection 658.31120968 Employee selection -- South Africa Employees -- Rating of -- South Africa Employment tests -- South Africa Psychometrics Air pilots -- Rating of -- South Africa South Africa -- Pilots -- Rating of
4	The predictive validity of the selection battery for trainee pilots in the South African Air Force Flotman, Aden-Paul 30 June 2002 (has links) The sample comprised 92 candidates who have completed the Ground School Phase of the trainee pilot training programme. The independent variables are Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test, the Blox Test and the Vienna Determination Test. The dependent variable is the candidates' results after the Ground School Phase of their training. The results indicated that only the Advanced Ravens test and the Vienna Determination test (Phase 3} correlate positively with the Ground School Phase results of the candidates. The current battery emphasises cognitive abilities and psycho-motor functioning and does not cover personality traits of prospective candidates. It is recommended that new instruments are included (to cover the measurement of personality traits), that the sample size should be increased by promoting pilot training among previously disadvantaged students and that the current pilot profile should be updated as a matter of urgency. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology) Validation Psychometric testing Predictive validity Pilot profile Labour legislation Job analysis Job description Scientific selection 658.31120968 Employee selection -- South Africa Employees -- Rating of -- South Africa Employment tests -- South Africa Psychometrics Air pilots -- Rating of -- South Africa South Africa -- Pilots -- Rating of

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