Opinions of residents toward an industrial nuisanceClark, Kenneth E.
doi: 10.1037/h0062010pmid: N/A
Questioning of residents of a neighborhood in which there is an industrial establishment revealed that opinions were unfavorable to expansion of the plant, that property values are lower because of the plant, and that it constitutes a fire hazard for the group living near by. Opinion polling is recommended to aid planning authorities in establishing zoning regulations. The sampling-method used is described.
The 97th Psychological BarometerLink, Henry C.; Freiberg, Albert D.
doi: 10.1037/h0062073pmid: N/A
Questions on the following topics were included in the 97th Psychological Barometer: faith in government vs. faith in business management; free high school and college education; anti-Communism in the U.S.A.; oleomargarine tax; profits; relative standing of various organizations. For most questions, results are given for socio-economic group, non-union and union, geographic area, and sex. The sampling method used is described.
A Farm Knowledge testGrigg, Austin E.
doi: 10.1037/h0054644pmid: N/A
A Farm Knowledge Test of 30 multiple-choice items was devised for use in Virginia. The test discriminates between persons with rural and those with urban backgrounds. While it does not correlate significantly with number of years of farm experience, it has been found useful in discriminating the experience range of rural people, and has proven practical in prison and pre-parole classification work.
Reliability and comparability of different job evaluation systemsChesler, David J.
doi: 10.1037/h0058542pmid: N/A
Job analysts from 9 industrial firms rated 35 standard clerical, administrative, and supervisory jobs on a standard point rating manual using 12 factors. Raters in 6 of the 9 companies than rated the 35 jobs, using their own company manuals. Reliability coefficients for the standard manual ranged from .93 to .99. Labor grade fluctuations were 2.0 or less for 86% of the jobs. Correlations between each factor and total score of the standard manual for data from 3 companies suggested high factor reliability. Intercorrelations among 6 different company job evaluation systems ranged from .89 to .97. 6 references.
Industrial noise and hearingSleight, Robert B.; Tiffin, Joseph
doi: 10.1037/h0061762pmid: 18889449
A survey and summary of the literature on industrial noise and hearing are presented. The following topics are considered: noise and production, indirect effect of noise on workers, noise and deafness, compensation for hearing loss, and eliminating or controlling noise in industry. While some experimentation suggests that the harmful effect of noise has been over-emphasized, the weight of experimental evidence indicates that there are many circumstances wherein noise is deleterious. It is suggested that the following actions be taken by employers confronted with the noise problem: (1) noise measurement; (2) institution of noise elimination or reduction measures; (3) establishment of hearing testing programs. 50-item bibliography.
Application of addends to sales and clerical occupational classificationBass, Bernard M.
doi: 10.1037/h0060005pmid: N/A
An addend is an integer assigned to each category of a job factor denoting a subdivision or whether or not the factor is required by a given occupation. 781 clerical and sales occupations were addend coded according to their requirements. Explanation of the procedure and a sample list of coded occupations are included. The use of addend coding is recommended as valuable in vocational counseling, placement, industrial personnel activities, and in developing "universal" job families. 17 references.
Effects of high altitude on speech intelligibilityKryter, K. D.
doi: 10.1037/h0055774pmid: 18889450
A word articulation test score was used to study the relationship between altitude and intelligibility of earphone speech. Measurements were made on B-17F bombers descending and ascending from 5000 to 35000 feet. Results show that intelligibility falls off gradually to 25000 feet, then declines more rapidly. Experiments also were made with signal intensity and sentence length. Deterioriation in speech intelligibity is attributable to a depression in the operating efficiency of the voice, the microphone, and the earphones as the result of the reduced pressures encountered at high altitude.
The interpretation of interest profilesDiamond, Solomon
doi: 10.1037/h0058799pmid: N/A
On the Kuder Preference Record, other things being equal, an average score on one interest scale may represent a more positive indication for entry into the corresponding field than a score that is considerably and reliably above average in another field. This proposition is supported on the basis that various occupations employ different percentages of employed men and women, and that therefore the interest cutting point should vary proportionately. It is shown further that the percent of individuals above the 75th Kuder interest percentile for their occupational group varies widely, persons in highly selected fields such as literature, music, and science making higher interest scores in their fields than mechanics or clerks make in theirs.
The Kuder Interest test patterns of fire protection engineersSpeer, George S.
doi: 10.1037/h0053632pmid: N/A
The fire protection engineering freshman has a Kuder profile in which there is no area of marked interest. The alumni, however, show a significantly greater interest than the freshmen in persuasive and social service activities, and significantly less interest in clerical activities. The patterns of alumni in jobs which are primarily sales, engineering, or administrative in nature and of alumni who have left fire protection work also are discussed.