International trade

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Identifikator:: 1758394757

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-136209

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Taussig, Frank William http://d-nb.info/gnd/120199459

Title:: International trade

Place of publication:: New York, NY

Publisher:: Macmillan

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XXI, 425 Seiten; graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. Problems of verification

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XI TESTING TO SPECIFICATION The tests discussed in the preceding two chapters were designed to apply to certain general kinds of office work, Su ch as typing, stenography, comptometry, and routine clerical work. However, it soon became evident that these tests were neither comprehensive nor specific enough to meet every situation. This fact was revealed through t^ e follow-up work which has already been spoken of. t he follow-up work consisted of inspecting the results of e very selection, whether for factory or office work, at in tervals of a month for three months, then at the end of the sixth month, and finally, after the lapse of a year. In the course of this work it was found that tests were fre quently given for abilities which the worker did not need to possess, and also, that the tests given did not adequately cover the work in question. As instances of this kind Multiplied, it became increasingly necessary to provide rn ° r e tests and more highly specialized tests for the varie- tles of work which were being encountered. It finally be- Ca me evident that, in order to provide for this situation s y s tematically, it would be necessary to make a complete survey of the different kinds of clerical work, and then a Pply tests accordingly. Before entering upon the more complete and minute Survey, a hasty preliminary canvass was made in which !t was discovered that there were seven hundred and fifty Sev en clerks engaged in tasks going under two hundred and 103

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