APTITUDE TESTS FOR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS.
The article comments on aptitude tests for accounting students. Aptitude tests may be divided into two types. One type constitutes a miniature job-trial under standardized conditions. This type is well illustrated by typing tests, in which the candidate for a position is given a representative typing job to do and the results are carefully evaluated in terms of criteria set up in advance. This type of test is most appropriate if the individual has had some training in the field and if a combination of present achievement and aptitude is desired. An analogous but more costly approach is one in which the individual is given a trial for several weeks on the job before a decision is made about his permanent employment. Another type of aptitude test is one in which the individual is given a number of specific tasks to do under standardized conditions, tasks which have no apparent relation to the work required on the job or to the educational program, but which have been found to possess high predictive value.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-7036752
- Volume
- 19 (2)
- Pages
- 131-134
- Language
- en
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