CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF INDIGENIOUS PSYCHO-NEUROLOGICAL MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST: ABANINIK PSYCHO-NEUROLOGICAL MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST

Abstract

The project is designed for the construction and validation of an indigenous psycho-neurological manual dexterity test that is known as (ABANINIK PSYCHO-NEUROLOGICAL MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST). The manual dexterity test can used in the selection and placement of workers in the factories and companies. It can be used to select workers who work basically with their hands in Factories such as Bottling Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, Confectionary Companies, and Textile Companies. This manual dexterity test can also detect the early signs of neurological breakdown (Parkinsonism). One-way Analysis of Variance and the T-test of independent measures was employed to manage the data of this research project. The findings show that there is no significant gender difference on participant performance on Abaninik psycho-neurological manual dexterity test (APMDT) The result also shows that there is significant difference on the performance of the participants in the five compartments of excellent performance, above average performance, average performance, below average performance, and very performance in Abaninik Psycho-Neurological manual dexterity test. The result also shows independent number and means of gender in the above five compartments of the new manual dexterity test. The standing of these five compartments were shown in graphical layout below. Recommendations were made among others that Future studies should examine inter-rater reliability, and other appropriate reliability indices. Evidence of content, construct, criterion-related, and predictive validity should also be established to determine the extent to which the test accurately measures manual dexterity and associated psycho-neurological functioning.

Keywords: Construction, Validation, Psycho-Neurological, Manual Dexterity Test, Abaninik Psycho-Neurological Manual Dexterity Test.