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Differential Aptitude Tests for Personnel and Career Assessment

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Differential Aptitude Tests for Personnel and Career Assessment (DAT) can determine an applicant’s general cognitive abilities and aptitudes across a wide range of occupations.

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    Overview

    Reading Level:

    6th grade

    Completion time:

    6–20 minutes (depending on test)

    Administration:

    Online/computer, Paper-and-pencil (designed for proctored administration only)

    Uses:

    Selection, career guidance, predict training success

    Product Details

    DAT tests help measure aptitude for learning and succeeding in eight key areas.

    Benefits

    • Assess general cognitive abilities, perceptual abilities, clerical and language skills.
    • Predict training success (e.g., r = .46 to .48 for computer programmers) and job performance (e.g., r = .24 to .31 for administrative, technical, and engineering employees) for a wide range of occupations.
    • Strongly correlated with other well-known aptitude tests such as the GATB (r = .62 to .81 for tests intended to tap similar aptitudes) and ASVAB (r =.73 to .79 for tests intended to tap similar aptitudes).

    Features

    Six different tests make up the Differential Aptitude Tests. See the “Resources” tab for a more detailed look at each test.

    • Verbal Reasoning
    • Numerical Ability
    • Abstract Reasoning
    • Mechanical Reasoning
    • Space Relations
    • Language Usage

    Sample Reports

    The following sample reports are available.

    		 

    Resources

    The following table highlights which DAT test is suitable for various occupations.

    		 

    Test

    Verbal Reasoning

     

    What It Does

    Verbal Reasoning measures general cognitive ability in positions requiring higher order thinking skills.

    Jobs/Fields

    Any

    Max Time

    20 minutes

    Numerical Ability

    Numerical Ability tests the understanding of numerical relationships and facility in handling numerical concepts.

    Project Manager

    Bookkeeper

    Statistician

    Shipping Clerk

    20 minutes
     

    Abstract Reasoning

    Abstract Reasoning is a nonverbal measure of the ability to perceive relationships in abstract figure patterns.

    Skilled Trades

    Computer Programming

    Drafting

    Auto Repair

    15 minutes
     

    Mechanical Reasoning

    Mechanical Reasoning closely parallels the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test and measures the ability to understand basic mechanical principles of machinery, tools, and motion.

    Carpenter

    Mechanic

    Maintenance Worker

    Assembler

    20 minutes

    Space Relations

    Space Relations measures the ability to visualize a three-dimensional object from a two-dimensional pattern, and how this object would look if rotated.

    Drafting

    Architecture

    Die-making

    Carpentry

    Clothing Design

    Art

    Decorating

    Dentistry

    15 minutes

     

    Language Usage

    Language Usage measures the ability to detect errors in grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.

    Any

    12 Minutes

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