General Aptitude Test Battery.
GATB
- What it measures
- Nine occupational aptitudes (G general, V verbal, N numerical, S spatial, P form perception, Q clerical, K motor coordination, F finger dexterity, M manual dexterity)
- Length and format
- 12 tests (8 paper, 4 apparatus). multiple-choice ability + apparatus/dexterity tasks (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- adaptations used by national employment services internationally; count unverified
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- US Department of Labor. Manual for the USES General Aptitude Test Battery, 1970.
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