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Table 5<br />

Time Ratings Cl - P2<br />

not selected both<br />

N = 17<br />

Cl not P2 = 606<br />

P2 not Cl = 455<br />

Discussion<br />

Number of Tasks<br />

260 I - - - -<br />

Rating Scale<br />

- _ - -<br />

W aelected cl not ~2 TX wlected ~2 not cl<br />

Perhapsthemcstiq2ortantbenefitsofth.is researcharethat~ncrw<br />

hasaprotoQpeccznputerizedsurvey, andthepotential of autcxnationhasbeen<br />

demonstrated. Ajobsurveywasadministesedwithmirroccanpprter (andcouldbs<br />

distributed electmnically). Ihe data were captured electronically and<br />

analysiswas accq?lished ina fewhours.<br />

Tables 4 and5de1~nstmtethene&foradditional research where there<br />

seems to be a disproportionate rkmber of responses for "1" ard "5". Inforrflal<br />

feedbacksuggeststhatthe instructions for estimating "TimsSpentonPresent<br />

JoWcanbeintfxpreteiiin~~~~thanoneway. Ihisszqgeststhatfurther<br />

studyoftheeffecksofthewordingofthese instructionsiswarrant32d.<br />

IheP-Pbaselinedata, CornparedwithPl-CZ, suggestthatthese foms of<br />

administration are ccgclparable in terns of test/m-test. They both indicate<br />

thattakingtheinventorycauses increasedssnsitivitytoone'sjob interms<br />

ofnumberoftaskschosen. IfsamethingliketheHawthomEffectwas<br />

vting, an incmaseintasksselect&inP forthe C-PtreaWantshouldbe<br />

evident, and is not found. Datathatsupp0rttheconfcundingeffectsof<br />

having to see each item on the coquter are evident. In Table 1, for Pl-C2<br />

andCl-P2,therewasan i,mreze in the mean rmber of items selected of 8.4%<br />

whenusingtheccq~ter forthesecondadministrationandadscredse of 8.9%<br />

--w paper-<br />

Theccq@ervemionalsodemonstrated,onalirn.itedbasis, huwasurvey<br />

can be "bran&&" or f~ppeciff to only display job tasks relevant for a given<br />

personbasedonpriormsponses.Improvedaaxraq'andsignifidanttime<br />

saviqscculdresult. Also, theabilityofthecq+kertopmdessdata<br />

duringtheadministrationofajobsurveycouldalsoresultinnewmethodsand<br />

levelsofmviewbyjob inxnkents.<br />

74<br />

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