Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Some Empirical Tests in Vocational Selection, Vol. 49
The method of vocational sampling is closely related to the method of miniatures. It simply consists of taking an actual piece of the work to be performed and sampling the candidate's ability by the degree of his success in the trial. Thus, in testing applicants for jobs as filing clerks, they may be given a number of cards to be arranged in order according to date, number, alphabetical position, address, etc. In cer tain cases specimens of work have been devised or taken into the psychological laboratory and the worker watched more carefully and measured more exactly. Unfortunately this is a method which cannot be applied to very many kinds of work, for care must be taken to make the tests representative of all the work. At its best this method detects only the presence of ability and is not a means of gauging potential ability.
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