Differential Aptitude Tests for Guidance (DAT for Guidance)

To assess aptitudes relating to job suitability and performance for school leavers and adults

Administration:

Individual or Group - 10 to 30 minutes per subtest, Paper & Pencil

Qualification code:

OC2

Scoring:

Hand Scored or Bureau Service

Description:

The DAT has a history stretching back to 1947 with its original authors being amongst the most prestigious names in the history of psychometric test development.

DAT for Guidance assesses eight different types of ability, or aptitude, which are related to success in different areas of employment. It is essentially a profiling instrument. Its co-standardised tests provide an eight point profile which portrays relative strengths and weaknesses in an individual's key aptitudes.

The eight abilities are:

• Verbal Reasoning
  How well can you understand ideas expressed in words?
  How clearly can you think and reason with words?
• Numerical Reasoning
  How well can you understand ideas expressed in numbers?
  How clearly can you think and reason with numbers?
• Abstract Reasoning
  How well can you understand ideas that are not expressed in words or numbers?
  How well do you think out problems even when there are no words to guide you?
• Perceptual speed and accuracy
  How fast and how well can you do the paperwork that is so important in all offices, scientific laboratories, stores, warehouses and wherever records are made, filed or checked?
• Mechanical Reasoning
  How easily do you grasp the common principles of physics as you see them in everyday life.
  How well do you understand the laws governing simple machinery, tools and bodies in motion?
• Space Relations
  How well can you visualise, or form mental pictures of, solid objects from looking at flat paper plans.
  How well can you think in three dimensions?
• Spelling
  How well can you recognise correct and incorrect spellings of common English words?
• Language Usage
  How well can you use the English language?
  How well do you handle punctuation, capitalisation, and choice of words?

 
DAT for Guidance has been specifically designed for convenience and simplicity of use. Its format provides for easy administration and enables results to be interpreted quickly and with confidence.

Bureau Service

We are pleased to offer a bureau service for this product, please email talentresources@pearson.com for details.