Vocational Selections for Specialized Tasks—A Study of Selective Tests for Hollerith-Machine Operatives

Abstract

Candidates for Federal service as operatives of the Hollerith Statistical machine are given Civil Service examination. Experiments show that the coefficient of correlation between Efficiency and the Civil Service examination was .31. The coefficient of correlation between a "Team of 5" psychological tests and efficiency was .45. The Team of 5 can be completed in twelve minutes and can be scored in two minutes. From Psych Bulletin 18:01:00095. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)