Mental tests of a group of employed men showing correlations with estimates furnished by employer

Abstract

Investigates the degree of correlation between intelligence and success in the various vocations. 47 employees of a large express company were tested. The seven qualities chosen for comparison were: intelligence, accuracy, speed, cooperativeness in execution of work, loyalty of employer, dependability, and all-round efficiency. Each S was classified independently by three of his superiors in five judgments ranging from ' very inferior' to 'very superior'. The correlation were found to be low in most of the cases. All the correlation between the different qualities as estimated by the judges were found to be high. There was a strong tendency for these qualities to be found together. In a number of cases an estimate was made during a talk between the writer and each man, to get information concerning parentage, schooling etc., which was used in making the correlation. Most of these estimates were reasonably accurate. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)