STUDY ON VALIDITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE TESTS FOR TRAIN OPERATION DIVISIONS

This paper reports on the results of research looking at the validity of intelligence tests administered to railway employees who are involved in running trains on the Shinkansen and narrow-gauge lines in Japan. A study of aptitude test administration and effectiveness by Japan's Railway Technical Research Institute showed that more rigorous requirements by one railway did not result in safer operations than at the railway whose requirements were lower. Research showed that the aptitude tests, which have not changed since 1949 when they were first instituted, need to be adjusted to reflect new technologies and new responsibilities for railroad employees. The report suggested additional evaluation of the new duties, the skills required to execute them, and an analysis of human factors in accidents in order to design tests to better spot abilities and disabilities that might reduce safety.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Railway Technical Research Institute

  2-8-38, Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo 185,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Kioka, K
  • Shigemori, M
• Publication Date: 2002-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 63-66
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aptitude tests; Human error; Intelligence; Maintenance of way; Tests
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00931311
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 1 2002 12:00AM