Output rates among machine operators: II. Consistency related to methods of pay

Abstract

(see 22: 3673) How does production vary from week to week according to incentive? 130 men from one plant and 42 in another were studied. "The ratio of interindividual differences exceeded the ratio of intra-individual differences, and this also has been hypothesized as existing where the incentives are effective… . the week-to-week intercorrelation of output rates is low when viewed from the standpoint of using production data as a criterion for some other variable. Psychologists would not be impressed greatly by a test that had a test-retest reliability of .80, but the criterion against which they often validate their tests is rarely this high." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)