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An investigation into the factor structure of the General Aptitude Test Battery
Author(s) -
HAMMOND SEAN M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1984.tb00146.x
Subject(s) - aptitude , irish , test (biology) , factorial , psychology , battery (electricity) , internal consistency , measure (data warehouse) , selection (genetic algorithm) , sample (material) , psychometrics , developmental psychology , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , artificial intelligence , power (physics) , philosophy , biology , ecology , linguistics , mathematical analysis , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , database
The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a 12‐test battery purporting to measure nine occupation‐related aptitudes, is one of the most widely used test batteries in the field of job selection. Despite its widespread use, however, little research has been carried out to investigate its factorial assumptions. The present study looks at the factorial structure of the GATB based on a large Irish sample. The results indicate that the GATB does not adequately measure nine specific underlying aptitudes, but four, more general, higher order aptitudes.