ABSTRACT
Project A invested much effort in the development of selection and classification predictor measures that were “different” than cognitive ability tests. They were collectively referred to as “noncognitive” measures, although this was something of a misnomer because all the predictor measures developed by the project require some kind of cognitive activity on the part of the respondent. As discussed in Chapter 4, the search for potentially useful noncognitive constructs led to an array of personality, biographical, interest, and motivational variables that were deemed worthy of predictor development. This chapter describes the development of the three paper-and-pencil inventories (personality/ biographical, vocational interest, and work outcome preference) that were subsequently used to supplement the cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor ability measures in the Project A predictor batteries.
