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[Predicting the success of occupational retraining using the occupational aptitude test battery]
(Vorhersage des Umschulungserfolgs durch die Berufseignungsdiagnostik.)
Full Abstract
In vocational retraining centres, a test battery including several performance tests is generally administered to assess the occupational aptitude of rehabilitants and to predict their success in occupational retraining. This paper presents the multiple regressions of a set of achievement scores on "grades of retraining" and "grades of final examination", respectively, concerning retraining to become an office management assistant. It was shown that only few variables are adequate to clarify a maximum of variance of the criterions. Four different regression models were identified; each of them could clarify about 25% of variance. Significant predictors were indicators for verbal skills and basic numeracy. In each model a measurement for nonverbal intelligence had to be taken into account as a suppressor variable. To put all in a nutshell, in order to predict the success of vocational retraining to become an office management assistant it is more important to focus on strengthening school knowledge than on general intelligence.
Author information
Author/s: Kreuzpointner, L (L);
Affiliation: Institut für Psychologie, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie VI - Prof. Lukesch, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg. ludwig.kreuzpointner(-atsign-)psychologie.uni-regensburg.de
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article
Journal: Die Rehabilitation (Rehabilitation (Stuttg)), published in Germany. (Language: ger)
Reference: 2009-Apr; vol 48 (issue 2) : pp 103-10
Dates: Created 2009/05/07; Completed 2009/06/26;
PMID: 19421942, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/26/2009, IMS Date: 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00)
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