1967 Proceeding- Editor:
- Robert Blechen
The Fifth Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference was sponsored by The Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research (SIGCPR) of the Association of Computing Machinery (SIGCPR was formerly the Computer Personnel Research Group) in cooperation with the Computer Science Center of the University of Maryland. The Conference was held at the Center of Adult Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, June 26-27, 1967.The purpose of the annual computer personnel research conferences is to identify and discuss the common problems and needs of those individuals concerned with the selection, training, evaluation and other aspects of computer personnel management. Research and problems reported are of interest to personnel managers, computer installation managers and researchers involved with personnel administration of computer centers.Representative papers are presented throughout the Conference followed by open discussion. The papers are published in these Proceedings and constitute what is considered by the SIGCPR Steering Committee to be the most significant work brought forth this past year.SIGCPR seeks to explore computer personnel problems and provide access to a constantly growing body of computer personnel data gathered nationally at all levels in the computer field. Its membership includes representatives of large corporations, university groups, government organizations, small companies and service bureaus whose interests include scientific, business, and research programming and computing. Further information on the group's activities may be obtained from Mr. Robert A. Dickman, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910.
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Survey of validation studies on computer personnel selection instruments
At last year's conference in Los Angeles, Robert Dickmann reported the results of a survey which gathered a variety of information concerning industry and government personnel practices in the selection of Computer Programmers and Systems Analysts. In ...
The selection of computer personnel: past, present, future
For a few minutes this afternoon I would like to first briefly review the past development of aptitude tests for the selection of computer personnel. Second, I would like to indicate some of the work that we are currently doing in the development of a ...
The computer programmer aptitude battery: a description and discussion
The Computer Programmer Aptitude Battery (CPAB) is a relative newcomer to the list of test instruments that might be used by managers of data-processing centers and personnel directors as a tool in the selection process. This battery includes five ...
Some selection procedures
A big California bank selects only one-armed men for its economics department because its top management is tired of economists advising that, on the one hand "this" might occur, but on the other hand, "that" may happen.
What we really do when we test
In order to understand what we really do when we use selection tests we must realize that all tests are achievement tests. Such tests measure the results of past learning and in part reflect past opportunities for learning. This is true of IQ tests, non-...
The federal government's role in the education of data processing personnel
The role of the Federal Government in educating electronic data processing personnel is to promote and assist in the establishment of high quality programs in all of the States, wherever there is a labor force need for trained personnel or where there ...
Third generation programmer training: the workshop approach
This paper discusses the programmer training of the California State Division of Highways.
Tentative identification of some factors affecting achievement in a do-it-yourself programming course
For some time I have been engaged with others at Bell Laboratories in a project to develop a course in computer programming which, within the bounds of allowable error tolerance, will meet the five following specifications:1. It will accept as input raw ...
The computer and the invasion of privacy
Today man has in his mortal hands the means to explore the mysteries of the universe. We have the means to fight poverty anywhere on the globe; yet, we are in a world half rich, half poor. Our communications are almost perfect, yet we understand very ...
The computer manager
The manager of data processing or computation in an organization faces a variety of problems both technical and managerial. Little has been done, at this time, to determine what the unique characteristics of this particular manager might be. This ...
The need for performance standards in data processing
I want to point out that I wasn't late--you were early. I am real pleased to be here this afternoon, even though I am the last speaker. Does anyone mind if I don't use this microphone? I distrust electronic devices immensely.
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Proceedings of the fifth SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
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Acceptance Rates
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIGMIS-CPR '19 | 30 | 20 | 67% |
| SIGMIS-CPR '15 | 47 | 26 | 55% |
| SIGSIM-CPR '14 | 35 | 26 | 74% |
| SIGMIS-CPR '13 | 33 | 29 | 88% |
| SIGCPR '02 | 32 | 15 | 47% |
| SIGCPR '01 | 41 | 22 | 54% |
| SIGCPR '99 | 50 | 32 | 64% |
| SIGCPR '98 | 60 | 45 | 75% |
| SIGCPR '97 | 33 | 28 | 85% |
| SIGCPR '96 | 65 | 36 | 55% |
| SIGCPR '95 | 54 | 21 | 39% |
| Overall | 480 | 300 | 63% |