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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Ability -- Testing"”.
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Physical Ability Testing: A Review of Court Cases 1992-2014
… contain a physical component rely on physical ability testing as part of their selection procedure. The establishment of both the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) had a profound impact on the manner in which selection testing may legally be conducted (Gutman, …
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Determination of Critical Rest Interval using Repeated Sprint Ability Testing
… of critical rest interval (CRI). Repeated sprint ability (RSA) testing has been developed to define the athlete’s ability to recover and maintain maximal effort during successive bouts. The CP model has been used to understand the physiological responses involved with intermittent exercise …
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Cognitive Ability Testing and Selection: A Review of Court Decisions Since 1991
Cognitive ability testing is utilized by many organizations in the selection process. Historically, cognitive ability testing has resulted in group differences in scores, particularly between Caucasians and African-Americans. Such group differences can result in adverse impact. This impact can lead …
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A Review of Court Cases Involving Discrimination in Physical Ability Testing: 1992-2015
… factors they can control to decrease legal liability. Cases filed from 1992 to the present were reviewed and coded based on each factor. Z-tests for proportions were conducted to determine the proportions of rulings in favor of the plaintiff and defendant based on each factor of interest. …
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A Study of Anxiety Relative to Academic Achievement and to Sex
… measured by the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT) Anxiety Scale Questionnaire. Specifically, this study investigated how assessed anxiety relates to the achievement of students in Junior level Psychology courses. The courses were Human Growth and Development. Further, the …
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Predicting athletic performance: the effects of judgment and motivation
… judgment on the relationship between athletic ability and athletic performance. Much existing empirical literature has focused on motivation and cognitive ability in relation to athletic performance, but athlete judgment has received relatively little research attention. It was hypothesized …
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Relationships between selected subtests of the Leiter International Performance Scale and Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Ability and Taaffe-Lowell's "A Film Test of Lip Reading".
… suggested a relationship between lipreading ability and abstract reasoning, speed of focus, visual perception, and conjectural closure. Perhaps the three dimensions of diagnosis, prognosis, and training techniques should be used in timed tests as defined in this study. This combination could …
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Predictive ability of music aptitude and improvisation readiness on the quality of student improvisations
Thesis (M.Mus.)--Michigan State University. Department of Music Education, 2005
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Structural Equation Modeling of Attitudes Toward Employment Testing
… investigated the relationships among past testing experiences, testing attitudes, perceptions of test performance, race, and gender. In addition, the effects of testing information on testing attitudes were studied. Two hundred and twelve applicants to a variety of positions in a large …
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Challenges Of Studying Attributes Associated With African American Males Who Are Not Successful With Testing Measures
… locus of control, test anxiety, reading ability, testing behaviors and the performance of African American males on high-stakes tests of educational achievement. Simultaneously, the study provides a reflection on the challenges faced by a practitioner when he studies an issue of critical …
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I know "I can": a validity study of a foreign language self-assessment
… a validity study was conducted. Scale reliability and internal consistency was established by analyzing inter-item correlations and similarity of items within the scale. An exploratory factor analysis established the dimensions per factor, and con struct validity was determined by way of …
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Reader-text match: The interactive effect of reader ability and text difficulty on comprehension monitoring
1 PDF file (vi, 184 pages)
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The role of rhythm step on pro-agility test performance in Division I football players
1 PDF file (viii, 47 pages)
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