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SELF‐ASSESSMENTS OF FIVE TYPES OF TYPING ABILITY 1
Author(s) -
ASH RONALD A.
Publication year - 1980
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.1744-6570.1980.tb02349.x
Subject(s) - typing , psychology , test (biology) , sample (material) , statistics , mathematics , computer science , speech recognition , chromatography , biology , paleontology , chemistry
The potential usefulness of self‐assessments of typing ability were examined from a personnel selection perspective. A sample of 156 “business ready”, Phoenix area high school students estimated their abilities to type each of the following types of materials in units of net words per minute: 1. straight copy 2. letters 3. revised manuscript 4. numbers 5. tables. The students then took the analogous portions of the Typing Test for Business , Self‐assessment of straight copy typing ability emerged as the best predictor of tested typing ability of all types. Because of the substantial number of minority students in the sample ( N = 69, 44.2%), differential prediction was studied. Self‐assessments of revised manuscript, numbers, and tables typing abilities were significantly higher for the majority group than for the minority group. Typing test performance was significantly higher for the majority group across straight copy, letters, revised manuscript, and tables subtests. Minority group members were generally less accurate in self‐assessment of their typing ability. Subgroup regression lines were compared by means of Potthoff's analysis, and subgroup differences in prediction of tested typing ability from self‐assessments of typing ability were found.