The present study examined the relationships between the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB) and three other aptitude test batteries: Comprehensive Ability Battery, Differential Aptitude Tests, and General Aptitude Test Battery. Results showed what was judged to be adequate convergent and discriminant validities for all BAB tests except for Inductive Reasoning, which was factorially complex.
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