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How to Interpret the O*NET Ability Profiler Results. An O*NET Academy Briefing. Dr. Janet E. Wall Senior Trainer, ONET Academy. Relax and Enjoy. Session will be recorded and archived Can listen to the session again at http://www.onetacademy.com Can download slides
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How to Interpret the O*NET Ability Profiler Results An O*NET Academy Briefing Dr. Janet E. Wall Senior Trainer, ONET Academy
Relax and Enjoy • Session will be recorded and archived • Can listen to the session again at http://www.onetacademy.com • Can download slides • Come in with questions as you have them
Part 3 of 3 • 3 part series • Introduction to the O*NET Tools and the Ability Profiler (30 July) • How to Administer the Ability Profiler (31 July) • How to Interpret the Ability Profiler (1 August) • After attending all 3 sessions – certificate of completion • Any session stands on its own
Session 3 - Learning Objectives • Overview the Ability Profiler (AP) • Describe contents of the AP Score Report • Review percentiles • Overview norms • Overview how AP results are matched to occupations • Review occupational information using O*NET Online • Discuss example profile
Three Instruments • O*NET Interest Profiler • O*NET Work Importance Locator/Profiler • O*NET Ability Profiler
Proper Use • Developed only for career exploration, career counseling • Not for job selection or selection into job training programs • Administered to 1 or more persons • Paper/pencil only
Computation Arithmetic Reasoning Vocabulary Name Comparison Object Matching Three Dimensional Space Mark Making Place Turn Assemble Disassemble Ability Profiler Overview – 11 tests
Options • Hand data entry program can be downloaded from the www.onetcenter.org website • Scoring Program and User’s Guide found on www.onetcenter.org website
Score Report (1) Person’s scores are compared to general working population – the norm group. graphic, numerical and verbal information
Score Report (2) Percentiles Reports the Constructs Measured – not the subtests
Score Report (3) Number Correct of Total Items No number correct; number attempted
Score Report (4) Note
Norms • Based on a sample of 4000 people selected to reflect the distributions of workers in five occupational categories as per the US Census Bureau • Professional and Semi-professional • Clerical, Sales, and Kindred Workers • Craftsmen, Foreman, and Kindred Workers • Operatives and Kindred Workers • Laborers (except farm and mine)
General Working Population • Norms developed in 1950s • Studies show Means and SDs stable over time (USES Test Report No 148, 1984) • Sample called theGeneral Working Population
General Working Population (2) • Sample selected to represent the percent of population by occupational groupings • Age Range = 18-54 years • Mean Education = 11 years • Males, 10.2 • Females, 11.7 • Gender • Males, 46% • Females, 54% • Supplemented by many additional studies to include high school students • See General Aptitude Test Battery, Development Report, Section III for details
Linking GATB Norms to the AP • Equating study performed between GATB and AP • Results sufficiently similar between GATB and AP so that the general working population norms could be used (Segall and Monzon, 1995)
Occupational Reports • Five occupational listings are generated, one for each job zone
Match Profile to Occupational Information (1) • Occupational Ability Profiles (OAPs) were created for each of the 950+ O*NET occupations (see available development report for more detail) • Ability scores of job incumbents (1000+ jobs) along with information from the DOT (e.g., data, people things; SVP) were used to estimate the 9 ability scores for each occupation • Occupation profiles were converted to the existing O*NET/SOC classification system
Match Profile to Occupational Information (2) • Person’s ability profile is matched to occupational profile • Using index of similarity (correlation) • Shape of the profile matters, not the level or percentile • Minimum of 10 occupations are generated for each job zone • up to 25 if they are “strong matches” • correlation cutoff depends on number of AP subtests taken
Score Report (8) Based on list of occupations, the client selects one job from Job Zone 1 and two from Job Zone 3 Fire Inspector 33-2021.01 Retail Salesperson 41-2031.00 41-3011.00 Advertising Sales Agent
Exploring an Occupation • Select occupation to explore • Example: Fire Inspectors, Job Zone 3 • Go to O*NET ONLINE • http://online.onetcenter.org
Sample Report - Joe Luwis
O*NET AP Administrators Training Tools available on O*NET Academy • OnlineSelf-Assessment Quiz! Gauge your understanding of what it takes to successfully administer the Ability Profiler . • DownloadableLunch and Learn Training Packet Includes PowerPoint Slides, FAQs, Administrator Checklist, and Scenarios for Group Discussion www.onetacademy.com • Check out www.onetcenter.org for more information
Supporting Webinars • How to Download and Use the O*NET Interest Profiler and Work Importance Profiler • Overview of the O*NET Ability Profiler • How to Administer the O*NET Ability Profiler • How to Interpret the Ability Profiler • O*NET for Job Seekers and Students • New Enhancements to O*NET • O*NET Tools for School Counselors • O*NET Tools for Military in Transition • Links between Occupations, Education, and Pay