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.  

There are THREE different paper and pencil versions of DAT for use in different contexts with different norm comparison groups. These are:

1) DAT for Selection - General Abilities Battery (GAB) used in the recruitment of staff up to junior managerial level and contained in verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning

2) DAT for Selection - Technical Abilities Battery (TAB) used in the recruitment of staff up to junior managerial level and for those entering in to technical roles 

3) DAT for Guidance which is used mainly with school leavers and adults in the context of career guidance. This contains eight areas of measurement. 

CORE ABILITIES is an online test corresponding to the  DAT for Selection General Abilities battery 

DAT for Selection - General Abilities Battery

DAT for Selection - General Abilities Battery combines the following tests together:

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?

DAT for Selection - Technical Abilities Battery

DAT for Selection - Technical Abilities Battery reflects the different aptitudes required for technical positions.  Test-takers can complete all or a number of the FOUR discrete sub-tests

In addition to the Numerical and Abstract Reasoning tests outlined above, the Techical Abilities battery also contains:

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?

DAT for Guidance

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?

 
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