An O*NET Academy Briefing
How to Interpret the O*NET Ability
Profiler Results
Dr. Janet E. Wall
Senior Trainer, ONET Academy
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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
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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
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Session 3 - Learning Objectives
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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
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Three Instruments
• O*NET Interest Profiler
• O*NET Work Importance
Locator/Profiler
• O*NET Ability Profiler
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O*NET Career Exploration Tools
Tool
Format
Purpose
O*NET Interest
Profiler
Paper/Pencil
Work-related
Interests
O*NET Interest
Profiler
Standalone or
Network
Work-related
Interests
O*NET Work
Importance Locator
Paper/Pencil
What is Important in
a Job (Values)
O*NET Work
Importance Profiler
Standalone or
Network
What is Important in
a Job (Values)
O*NET Ability
Profiler
Paper/Pencil
What Individual
Can Do Well
(Ability)
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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
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Ability Profiler Overview – 11 tests
• Computation
• Arithmetic
Reasoning
• Vocabulary
• Name Comparison
• Object Matching
• Three Dimensional
Space
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Mark Making
Place
Turn
Assemble
Disassemble
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Relationship Between Measured Constructs
and AP Exercises
What is Measured/Reported
Exercise/Subtest
Verbal Ability
Vocabulary
Arithmetic Reasoning
Arithmetic Reasoning
Computation
Computation
Spatial Ability
Three-Dimensional
Space
Form Perception
Object Matching
Clerical Perception
Name Comparison
Motor Coordination
Mark Making
Manual Dexterity
Place
Turn
Finger Dexterity
Assemble
Disassemble
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Tests Administered and Scored
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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
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Score Report (1)
Person’s scores are compared to
general working population – the
norm group.
graphic, numerical and
verbal information
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Score Report (2)
Reports the
Constructs Measured
– not the subtests
Percentiles
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What is a Percentile?
Raw No. People Cum Freq Cum Per
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0.4%
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3
5
1.0%
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5
10
2.0%
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9
19
3.8%
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13
32
6.4%
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22
54
10.8%
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35
89
17.8%
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52
141
28.2%
9
68
209
41.8%
10
50
259
51.8%
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72
331
66.2%
12
65
396
79.2%
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20
416
83.2%
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431
86.2%
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14
445
89.0%
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12
457
91.4%
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10
467
93.4%
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476
95.2%
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483
96.6%
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5
488
97.6%
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494
98.8%
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3
497
99.4%
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2
499
99.8%
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1
500
100.0%
25
0
500
100.0%
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Score Report (3)
Number Correct of Total Items
No number
correct; number
attempted
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Score Report (4)
Note
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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
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Professional and Semi-professional
Clerical, Sales, and Kindred Workers
Craftsmen, Foreman, and Kindred Workers
Operatives and Kindred Workers
Laborers (except farm and mine)
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General Working Population
• Norms developed in 1950s
• Studies show Means and SDs stable over
time (USES Test Report No 148, 1984)
• Sample called the General Working
Population
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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
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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)
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Score Report (5)
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Score Report (6)
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Score Report (7)
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Selecting a Job Zone
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Occupational Reports
• Five occupational listings are generated, one
for each job zone
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Job Zone 1 Occupations
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Job Zone 2 Occupations
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Job Zone 3 Occupations
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Job Zone 4 Occupations
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Job Zone 5 Occupations
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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
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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
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Score Report (8)
Based on list of occupations, the
client selects one job from Job
Zone 1 and two from Job Zone 3
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41-2031.00
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Fire Inspector
Retail Salesperson
Advertising Sales Agent
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Exploring an Occupation
• Select occupation to explore
• Example: Fire Inspectors, Job Zone 3
• Go to O*NET ONLINE
– http://online.onetcenter.org
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Discussion – Joe Luwis
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Questions/Comments
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O*NET AP Administrators Training
Tools available on O*NET Academy
• Online Self-Assessment Quiz !
Gauge your understanding of what it takes to
successfully administer the Ability Profiler .
• Downloadable Lunch 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
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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
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