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The Selection of Card Punch Operators
Author(s) -
McNAMARA W. J.,
HUGHES J. L.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1955.tb01220.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , aptitude , test (biology) , operator (biology) , supervisor , applied psychology , arithmetic , social psychology , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics , management , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene , economics , biology
Summary1 The validity of various types of tests for selecting card punch operators is reviewed. 2 A new test for the selection of card punch operators, the Card Punch Aptitude Test (CPAT) is described. It consists of two parts, letter‐digit substitution and name checking. Letter grade norms for female operators are available. 3 For five samples of operator trainees totaling 532 cases, the CPAT had validities of .23 to .44 with training course letter grades. For three samples of employed operators totaling 89 cases, the CPAT correlated .45, .50, and .67 with supervisor ratings.