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Survey of Opinions on the Primacy of "g" and Social Consequences of Ability Testing: A Comparison of Expert and Non-Expert Views
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Reeve, Charlie L.; Charles, Jennifer E. – Intelligence, 2008
The current study examines the views of experts in the science of mental abilities about the primacy and uniqueness of "g" and the social implications of ability testing, and compares their responses to the views of a group of non-expert psychologists. Results indicate expert consensus that "g" is an important, non-trivial determinant (or at least…
Descriptors: Race, Psychologists, Testing, Predictive Validity
Still No Demonstration That "g" Is Not Unitary: Further Comment on Kranzler and Jensen.
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Carroll, John B. – Intelligence, 1991
In their reply to the present author's critique (1991), J. H. Kranzler and A. R. Jensen have still not demonstrated that a factor of general intelligence, "g," depends on, or contains, several independent factors. They have only demonstrated that an estimate of "g" is predictable from several independent components. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Estimation (Mathematics), Factor Structure
Extension of the Use of Measures of Cognitive Style to Moderately-Severely Retarded Trainees in a Field Setting.
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Gow, Lyn; Ward, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Using the Matching Familiar Figures Test and the Porteus Maze Tests with characteristic modifications, the feasibility of using measures of cognitive tempo were examined. The measures' contributions in predicting the work performance of institutionalized moderately-severely retarded subjects were no greater than conventional individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Conceptual Tempo, Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons
Development and Field Test of the Trial Battery for Project A. Improving the Selection, Classification and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel. Project A: Improving the Selection, Classification and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel. ARI Technical Report 739.
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Peterson, Norman G., Ed. – 1987
As part of the United States Army's Project A, research has been conducted to develop and field test a battery of experimental tests to complement the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in predicting soldiers' job performance. Project A is the United States Army's large-scale manpower effort to improve selection, classification, and…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Computer Assisted Testing