Test scores of urban and rural bank workers in Nigeria: an analysis of the effect of location on test performance

Abstract

Reviews the literature relating to job‐related testing, and describes a specific study which examined the test scores, on written tests, of urban and rural bank workers in a national bank. The purpose of the test was to determine the effect of location on test performance of the two sets of bank workers. Also compares the test performance of individual bank workers in both urban and rural branches, and attempts to determine the degree of difficulty and/or ease of the materials to both urban and rural bank workers. Concludes that the location of the bank workers does not have any significant effect on test performance, nor do the individual test scores of both urban and rural bank workers have any significant relationship with location. Also concludes that the test materials were equally difficult for both categories of worker.

Citation

Johnnie, P.B. (1996), "Test scores of urban and rural bank workers in Nigeria: an analysis of the effect of location on test performance", Work Study, Vol. 45 No. 6, pp. 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/00438029610129069