title: Prediction of retarded adults' work performance through components of general ability.
abstract: A factor analysis was performed on a set of variables used to predict work performance, or industrial rate, for 127 mentally retarded adults. The results indicated that there is a general ability factor that can be partitioned into three components: cognitive, visual-motor, and work sample/sorting abilities. The latter two components were more closely related to industrial rate than was the former. Variables included subject characteristics, standardized tests, ratings, and work samples. As a group, the work samples were the best predictors of industrial rate; the subject characteristics were the poorest.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012759:Sheltered Workshops; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014796:Visual Perception