Charles R. Langmuir
ABSTRACT
The magnitude of costs incurred by assigning unsuccessful or even marginal personnel to tasks involving EDP systems design and programming justifies a much greater effort in the selection of personnel than the use of conventional aptitude tests implies. A small desk-top machine named the Logical Analysis Device is described, its logical organization is explained, and its operation as a method of observing and testing an individual's problem solving abilities is illustrated. Some comment describing the wide variation of performance among several hundred college graduates employed in various professions is included but the principal emphasis is given to data pertaining to the performance characteristics of persons in computer and data processing activities. The application of the device is clearly indicated at the point of evaluating final candidates for assignment to tasks requiring a high order of logical and analytical talent.
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