Applying the weighted application blank technique to a variety of office jobs

Abstract

"1. Application blanks of female office employees hired for the first time in 1954 were reviewed. Fifteen personal history variables were found to differentiate between long-term and short-term female office employees when weights were assigned to these variables. 2. A similar study was made on application blanks of female office employees hired for the first time in 1955. Similar results were obtained for this 1955 cross-validation group. The same 15 variables tended to differentiate markedly between long- and short-term employees… there was less overlap in total scores between long- and short-term groups in the cross-validation sample than in the validation group." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)