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.McCorqickflErnest J. ,The Application of StructUred job AnalysisInformation Based on:the.Position.AndlysisQuestionnaire(PAQ). Final Rep6rt'No. 9.Purdue Univ.,: Lafayette, Ind. Occupational Research...Center'. -.. I'Office' ,of Naval.:Rsearch,. Wahington, .D.C. PersOnnel.and. Training Research Progrdis .office. ...TR-9:" \.Oct 74. . -i

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The Position Analysis Questionnaire i(PAQ) .is a jobanalysis instrument consisting pf 187 job elements organized into ixdivisions,'The PAQ was used in the eight studies summatrized in th sfinal report. The. studies were: 1(1) ratings 'ot the attributerequirements of PAQ job elements, (2) a seried'Of principal .components analyses of these attribute profiles; (3) derivation ojob dimensions,, (4) job, component validity based on ;PAQ data, ()component method for establit ing dpmpendation rates, (6) the ."amalysis of rates of, naval co peps&lion (7) job and personal ,factors

as' to job sntisActio , and (d) the development of 4.clusters based on the BC-TRY nd'CODAP' procedures. The reportproVides information on satin procedures, methods of analysis,results, sample of jobs, .same e of naval billets, and discussion,where relevant. (AG)

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This report. is .the final report based on the contractreferred to above.

In'large'part it is a summary of the,seveygl studies thathaVebeen carried

out 'under the' provisions of this contKact.All of these `studies have in-'

.volived the used a structured job analysis

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Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ).This job analysis instrument ,consists

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187 ,job elements orgaized into six divisions.In 'the analysis of a job

with the PAQ the relevance of theindividual elements to the job are 'rated

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,The several studies-carried out ilicluded.th6 following:The rating "of the'rekvance to the individual job elements, of the PAQ,of each of 76 attrAbutes, this resulting in an,attribute profile foreach of the.. job elementic , ..A'series of principle components-anaiyses.of these 4ttribute'profil9s.,components-A series of principle components analyses of data fox a sample of 370th

%_.. jobs, this r4sulting-in.the identification.of 30. "divisional" jobdimensions, and 14'ft.eueral". (0) job dimensions. . ,

The use of 44ta baseccOn the.PA(rin the context .of job componentvalidity. (that is,.the static4al esitimation'of'aptitude requiretents,for.jobson the basiS of job analysis data). . :'The use of data based on'teh PAQ for the estimation of compensation

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ITTpated with't compensation. that would-be appropriate for jobs in the .4The:devefopment ofjob clusters"based on 2 clustering procedures (theiBC -TRY and. the CODAP prdcedures).' ..

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The analysis of the r414tiOnShipjietween:job characteristics, personalinterests, and responsedisposii-64 of individuals Al related to jobsatisfaction-(this-Study being carried ,out .1ith jObi and job inr."

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INTRODUCTION' 1.

The Rationale for Structured Job Analaysis.P):ocedux:es / 1The. Analysis Quedtionnaire 'PA,Q).'. 2Previous Areas of!Resesich with the Position .

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.2ATINGS OF THE ATTAIBUTEqtEQUIREMENTS"OF PAQ

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THE ANALYSIS OF'RATES OF NAVAL COMPENSATION (con't)

CSaiparison of Naval and Civilian Comp,ensation . ..,I,i Bases of computation of.naval compensation

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18.Correlations between civilian and naval compensation 18Comparison of .mean naval and civilian compensation rates 18Discussion' "

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