Using Computerized Tests to Measure New Dimensions of Abilities: An Exploratory Study

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Applied Psychological Measurement

Vol. 1 (1) , 101-110
https://doi.org/10.1177/014662167700100116

Abstract

A battery of Graphic Information Processing Tests (GRIP) was developed to utilize the display characteristics of computer terminals in measuring abilities important for processing visually presented information. The GRIP battery was especially in tended to assess five "real world" personal at tributes which have been difficult to measure with paper-and-pencil tests. The experimental tests were administered to 385 Navy enlisted men and evalu ated in conjunction with paper-and-pencil tests of the same attributes as well as with operational cog nitive tests and biographical variables. The GRIP tests were found to be useful for measuring short- term memory and sequential reasoning abilities.

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