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Explain the measurement of aptitude with the help of GATB.

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Measures of Aptitude with GATB. As described by F. N. Freeman, “An aptitude is a combination of characteristics indicative of our individual’s capacity to acquires (with training) some specific knowledge, skill or set of organised responses. Such as a ability to speak a language. The GATB is a work-related cognitive test developed by the U.S. Employment Service (USES) division of the department of labour. It has been extensively used to study the relationship between cognitive abilities, primarily general intelligence, and job performance. 

Structure of (GATB) the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) is consist of 12 separately timed subtests, which a recombined to form nine aptitude scores. Eight of the subtests are paper and pencil tests which purport to measure nine (9) abilities aptitude

SymbolName Test(s)
GGeneral IntelligenceVocabulary,  Arithmetic Reasoning, Three Dimensional space.
VVerbal Aptitudevocabulary
NNumerical AptitudeComputation,Arithmetic Reasoning
SSpatial AptitudeThree Dimensional Space.
PForm PerceptionTool Matching, Form Matching
QClerical PerceptionName Comparison
KMotor CoordinationMark Making
FFinger DexterityAssemble, Disasemble
MManual DexterityPlace Turn


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