APTITUDE TESTS

Organization and structure of ability

through factor analysis and the end
results of general ability, group
ability and specific ability

MAIN CONCERNS IN APTITUDE

TESTING
Problems related to theoretical
frameworks
Issue related to learned or raw ability
The purpose of aptitude testing
The questions of validation of the
constructs and the instruments
Stability of aptitude patterns

APPROACHES IN APTITUDE
TEST PREPARATION
g-factor - central ability (Spearman)
Primary factor simple structure rotation
(Thurstone)
General-group-specialized- hierarchical
structure(Vernon)
Specific abilities topped by fluid abilities
(Cattell)
Specific three way classificationoperation,content, product (Guildford)
Development and analysis of tests -------------Research on ability

PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITY

(distinct parallel abilities)

VERBAL
Number
Spatial
Memory
Reasoning
Word fluency
Perceptual speed

DIFFERENTIAL APTITUDE TEST

BATTERIES(DAT)

Verbal reasoning
Numerical ability
Abstract reasoning
Space relations
Mathematical reasoning
Clerical speed and accuracy
Language usage: spelling and
sentences

GENERAL APTITUDE TEST

BATTERY (GATB)
General ability (vocabulary, arithmatic
reasoning and three diamensional space)
Verbal aptitude
Numerical ability
Spatial aptitude
Form perception
Clerical perception
Motor cordination
Manual Dexterity
Finger dexterity

VALIDITY

Specific predictive validity

Occupational predictive validity
Educational predictive validity
Differential predictive validity

DIFFERENTIATION AND
PREDICTION
Taxonomic model
Predictive model

EXAMPLE:SCHOLASTIC AND
CAREER APTITUDE TESTS

Mechanical reasoning
Abstract reasoning
Spelling
Numerical ability
Spatial relations
Language usage
Verbal reasoning

EXAMPLE:SCHOLASTIC AND
CAREER APTITUDE TESTS

Analytical skills
Technical skills
Perceptual skills
Acuity skills
Numerical reasoning
Spatial skills
Verbal reasoning

TEST OF ARTISTIC APTITUDE

Judgmental vs Productive
Meier art judgment test and Graves
design judgment test
Horn art aptitude inventory and
Knauber art ability test
Are they achievement or aptitude tests

MUSICAL TALENT
What factors and how do you measure
them
Motor skills patterns of action for
instrument mastery
Perceptive and interpretative aspects
Sensory discrimination, mateial relation
in the materials and Aesthetic judgment

SEASHORE MEASURE OF
MUSICAL TALENT

Discrimination of pitch
Discrimination of laudness
Discrimination of time interval
Judgment of Rhythm
Judgment of timbre
Tonal memory

TEST OF CREATIVITY
Divergent answer
Uncorrelated with test of convergent
thinking
Correlated with tests of devergent
thinking
Correlated with practical criteria

SCORE AND ABILITY

PROFILING
Institutional decision vs individual decision
Comparing to group rather than general
norm
Variation in score should not cause alarm
Not all scores in a test battery are relevant
Stability of score pattern should not cause
undue concern
Pattern of score is more important than the
individual score