Effects of aptitude-score adjustments by age curves on prediction of job performance

Abstract

A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE VALIDITY OF UNADJUSTED AND AGE-ADJUSTED GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (GATB) APTITUDE SCORES FOR PREDICTING OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS. 11 LONGITUDINAL OCCUPATIONAL VALIDATION STUDIES, CONDUCTED ON SAMPLES VARYING IN SIZE FROM 56 TO 124 CASES, WERE SELECTED FOR THE ANALYSIS. FOR EACH SAMPLE THE VALIDITIES OF UNADJUSTED AND AGE-ADJUSTED APTITUDE SCORES FOR PREDICTING OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS WERE COMPARED FOR THE 9 GATB APTITUDE MEASURES. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VALIDITIES TENDED TO BE SMALL. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)