Abstract :
This paper reports the results of a study undertaken by the Computer Personnel Research Group to gain some insight into the relationship between, on the one hand, rated job performance, and, on the other, cognitive abilities, vocational interests, and biographical information of computer programmers. A test battery composed of the IBM Programmer Aptitude Test, the Test of Sequential Instructions (a research instrument specially constructed for this study), the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and a Personal Background Data Form was administered to 534 programmers (301 scientific and 233 business) representing 24 participating companies.
