dat.gatb {weightr}

Studies of the Predictive Validity of the General Ability Subscale of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB)

Description

Results from 755 studies on the General Aptitude Test Battery's predictive validity of job perfomance (General Ability subscale).

Usage

dat.gatb

Format

A data frame containing the following columns:

z

Fisher's z-transformed correlation coefficients

v

corresponding sampling variance

Details

The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) is designed to measure nine cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor skills thought relevant to the prediction of job performance. From 1947 to 1993, a total of 755 studies were completed in order to assess the validity of the GATB and its nine scales, and the GATB has been found to be a moderately valid predictor of job performance. This dataset consists of validity coefficients for the General Ability scale of the GATB.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Counseling and Test Development, Employment and Training Administration. (1983a). The dimensionality of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and the dominance of general factors over specific factors in the prediction of job performance for the U.S. Employment Service (U.S. Employment Service Test Research Rep. No. 44). Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Counseling and Test Development, Employment and Training Administration. (1983b). Test validity for 12,000 jobs: An application of job classification and validity generalization analysis to the General Aptitude Test Battery (U.S. Employment Service Test Research Rep. No. 45). Washington, DC.

References

Vevea, J. L., Clements, N. C., & Hedges, L. V. (1993). Assessing the effects of selection bias on validity data for the General Aptitude Test Battery. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(6), 981-987.

U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Counseling and Test Development, Employment and Training Administration. (1983a). The dimensionality of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) and the dominance of general factors over specific factors in the prediction of job performance for the U.S. Employment Service (U.S. Employment Service Test Research Rep. No. 44). Washington, DC.

U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Counseling and Test Development, Employment and Training Administration. (1983b). Test validity for 12,000 jobs: An application of job classification and validity generalization analysis to the General Aptitude Test Battery (U.S. Employment Service Test Research Rep. No. 45). Washington, DC.

Examples

## Not run: 
dat.gatb
effect <- dat.gatb$z
v <- dat.gatb$v
weightfunct(effect, v)

## End(Not run)