Abstract
Half a century of intermittent interest in the topic has demonstrated moderate but reliable relationships between reaction times (RTs), measured by special tasks, and intelligence test scores. This paper raises the possibility that similar relationships might be found for the item response times which can be routinely gathered using computerised versions of ability tests. An exploratory analysis of a general ability screening test by the author, based on the responses of 1,465 engineering apprenticeship applicants, is outlined. The results indicate that the response time measures are reliable, and though the simpler relationships between response times and scores did not show the same patterns as have been found for RTs, some of the analyses did support theoretical predictions based on RT work. Therefore, further exploration of routinely collected response times seems justified, though the methods of analyses will need to be adapted to the cruder measures which are the result of more elaborate and varied cognitive processes.
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