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! -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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.