"Manipulative performance of young adult applicants at a public employment office": Erratum

Abstract

Reports an error in the original article "Manipulative performance of young adult applicants at a public employment office" by L. Teegarden (Journal of Applied Psychology, 1942, Vol No. 26 , 633-652,754-769. On page 641, line 30 it should read "with two exceptions, Placing and the first or practice half of Plier Dexterity." On page 760, lines 10-14. For these three sentences substitute: The difference between means for men and women on Placing is more than four times its standard deviation, and for Turning slightly less than half its standard deviation. This is a significant difference for Placing but not for Turning. The Educational Test Bureau reports norms which are practically identical for both sexes. On page 769, lines 13-17. Substitute: 4. The sex difference was not significant for Spatial Relations nor for Turning or for the last half of the Plier Dexterity test. It was significant for Placing and for the first half of the Plier test. Possible reasons for the significant differences are discussed. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1943-02907-001 ). Four tests were administered to white applicants, between ages 16 and 25, at the Cincinnati Employment Center: Kent-Shakow Industrial Form Board, Minnesota Spatial Relations Test, Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test, and Cincinnati Plier Dexterity Test. A description is given of these tests as used at Cincinnati, and an analysis of results obtained with the Kent-Shakow test is reported. Separate norms are presented for males and females for each of the 7 parts of the Kent-Shakow. Distributions of scores are reported to be significantly skewed toward the slow end. Analysis based on clinical observation indicates the following factors to be important to success in the test: rapidity of movement; ability to react to shape of block and hole in relation to each other; ability to vary methods and to try new ones; and a factor involving steadiness, poise, concentration. Coefficients of correlation are presented for simple parts of the test with more complicated parts, and for each single part with other parts. A method of shortening the test by omission of some parts is suggested. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)