| Abstract: | The Hand Skills Test, a device which measures "persistence beyond minimum standards on tiring tasks," was used to predict school grades and job performance evaluations for higher and lower aptitude Navy personnel. 3 enlisted samples and 1 officer candidate sample were employed. Within each sample men were divided into higher and lower aptitude groups at the median of their aptitude test scores. Principal findings were: (a) the Hand Skills Test significantly predicted school grades of the 2 lower aptitude enlisted samples (grades were not available for the 3rd enlisted samples) but did not predict for higher aptitude enlisted men or for officer candidates, and (b) the Hand Skills Test significantly predicted job performance evaluations among lower aptitude men in all 4 samples, but again validities were not significantly different from zero among the 4 higher aptitude samples. From Psyc Abstracts 36:05:5LD76K. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
