The prediction of some measures of vocational adjustment on the basis of tests given eight years before and of the same tests given two years after the fact predicted.

Lorge, I.; Metcalfe, Z. F.

doi:10.1037/h0074928

The prediction of some measures of vocational adjustment on the basis of tests given eight years before and of the same tests given two years after the fact predicted.

Citation

Lorge, I., & Metcalfe, Z. F. (1934). The prediction of some measures of vocational adjustment on the basis of tests given eight years before and of the same tests given two years after the fact predicted. Journal of Educational Psychology, 25(3), 220-224.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0074928

Abstract

The Thorndike-McCall reading scale, I.E.R. reading scale, Stenquist assembly test, and I.E.R. general clerical test were given in 1921-1922 to boys aged 12 to 15, and were repeated in 1932-1933. It is concluded that "the tests at age 14.0 and at age 24.0 make for equally poor prediction of measures of vocational success at age 20.0 to 22.0. Even if the tests were perfect measures of the abilities sampled and even if the measures of vocational success were perfect, the relationship existing between tests and criteria are so low that no vocational counselor could have foretold how much money a boy would earn at age 20.0 to 22.0 or how happy he would be on his job at those ages." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)