Test scores and efficiency ratings of machinists

Abstract

Supervisors and assistant supervisors rated 174 machinists on 4 job traits—quality of performance, quantity of performance, rate of learning, and job knowledge. All men rated were administered the Adult Placement Test (mental alertness test developed by the author), the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test, the Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board Test, and the Mac-Quarrie Mechanical Aptitude Test. The Adult Placement Test alone, or combined with other tests, was most discriminating in segregating machinists according to the ratings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)