- Predictive validity of ACT on academic and career outcomes
- Cognitive ability on life outcomes

ACT as reasonable proxies for g

 Koenig et al. showed the correlation between g derived from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the ACT in a sample of 1075 participants was 0.77.

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- person’s capacity to identify and solve problems
- make short and long-term plans
- think strategically
- adapt to changing demands or unexpected situations
- increase a person’s likelihood of on-the-job success
- indicate they will excel at making decisions, solving problems, and incorporating different pieces of information together to identify obstacles and reach solutions.

General cognitive and problem solving

Wai, J., Brown, M. I., & Chabris, C. F. (2018). Using standardized test scores to include general cognitive ability in education research and policy. Journal of Intelligence, 6(3), 37.

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