Dr. Yun and I are attending the PTC session on the 10Th. You are welcome
to join us. I'll be taking the MARC train to Union Station (D.C.) 
9:55 AM, arriving in Union at 10:50. Then short ride on the subway to
GMU Washington Campus. 

We should be back in Baltimore before 3:30. 

Sign up as a student member and make the Luncheon! 

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Subject: PTC/MW September Luncheon (Wed., Sep. 10th) - Assessing
Professional Competence Using Occupational Judgment Tests


JOIN US FOR THE PTC/MW SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON

*** LOCATION: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - ARLINGTON CAMPUS ***

   DATE:  September 10, 2008 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm)

   TOPIC:  Assessing Professional Competence Using Occupational Judgment
   Tests Derived From Job Analysis Questionnaires

   PRESENTERS:  Dr. Peter Legree and Dr. Joseph Psotka, U.S. Army
Research
   Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences; and Tiffany Bludau,
   George Mason University

   REGISTER:  Online at www.PTCMW.org. 

Registration closes this Fri.,
   September 5th at 5:00 pm. PTC/MW members and colleagues are strongly
   encouraged to register by Friday's deadline. Please help us plan
ahead
   by signing up early.

   LOCATION: George Mason University - Arlington Campus, Original
Building,
   Room 245 (3401 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA  22201). Visit the PTC/MW
   website (?www.PTCMW.org) for directions to the GMU-Arlington Campus.
   Parking is limited to street; taking the Metro is advised.

   MEAL:  Lunch menu is buffet-style and will be suitable for all
   attendees.

   SUMMARY:

   The presenters will discuss their research on the concept that
   job-analysis questionnaires can be converted into "Occupational
Judgment
   Tests (OJTs)" in order to measure knowledge and expertise that is
   usually acquired through professional experience across a wide array
of
   occupations. Because of the historical success of job analysis
   questionnaires and the related expectation that respondents with
   technical expertise are required to obtain valid job-analysis ratings
   data, the authors hypothesized that individual differences in
expertise
   can be efficiently measured by converting job-analysis questionnaires
   into judgment tests. As an initial test of this hypothesis,
Occupational
   Judgment Tests (OJTs) were derived from job-analysis questionnaires,
and
   job incumbents were asked to objectively rate the frequency of job
tasks
   and the importance of employee attributes to occupational
performance.
   The presenters will discuss the results of their research on the OJT
   approach and how it may be used in place of standard techniques
(e.g.,
   objective work samples and knowledge tests) for many applications and
at
   greatly reduced cost.

   ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

   Dr. Pete Legree has been a Research Psychologist at the U.S. Army
   Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences since 1986.
   His research has focused on the development of judgment tests to
measure
   aptitudes in poorly-specified knowledge domains and the creation of
   consensually-derived scoring standards to assess performance on those
   judgment scales.

   Dr. Joseph Psotka is a Program Manager for basic and applied research
in
   behavioral and social sciences at the Army Research Institute. He
earned
   a Ph.D. degree in cognitive psychology from Yale University in 1975.
Dr.
   Psotka joined the U.S. Army Research Institute in 1982 as a team
chief
   within the Training Laboratory, where he has remained.

   Tiffany Bludau is a doctoral student in the Industrial/Organizational
   Psychology program at George Mason University. Her research interests
   include diversity in the workplace, personnel selection, and
   occupational health psychology. Tiffany works part-time at Fannie Mae
as
   a Human Resources consultant and also serves as a Consortium Fellow
at
   the U.S. Army Research Institute.