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ABLE norm tables - critical business planning (CBP)

Please click on the group description to see the relevant T-score and percentile tables. The original standardisation sample has been included as the first table. This is to make comparisons against existing results easier for existing ABLE users.

Group no. Group description Group size Mean SD
1 Standardisation sample: mixed group of graduates and undergraduates 227 56.00 9.32
2 Graduate applicants for technical roles with a government agency 145 55.12 7.63
3 Internal applicants for senior management positions with a large public service organisation 141 53.89 8.00

Critical Business Planning (CBP) group 1

Standardisation sample: a mixed group of graduates and undergraduates. All were registered with recruitment agencies either for permanent or temporary positions.

Mean: 56.00 Age range: 18 to 45; mean of 24 years
SD: 9.32 Gender: 53% male, 47% female
Sample size: 227 Background: Not recorded

T-score table
Raw T-score Raw T-score
0-28 20 57 51
29 21 58 52
30 22 59 53
31 23 60 54
32 24 61 55
33 25 62 56
34 26 63 58
35 27 64 59
36 29 65 60
37 30 66 61
38 31 67 62
39 32 68 63
40 33 69 64
41 34 70 65
42 35 71 66
43 36 72 67
44 37 73 68
45 38 74 69
46 39 75 70
47 40 76 71
48 41 77 73
49 42 78 74
50 44 79 75
51 45 80 76
52 46 81 77
53 47 82 78
54 48 83 79
55 49 84-96 80
56 50
Percentile table
Raw Percentile Raw Percentile
0-36 1 57 54
37-38 2 58 58
39 3 59 62
40 4 60 65
41 5 61 69
42 6 62 72
43 8 63 79
44 10 64 81
45 11 65 84
46 14 66 86
47 16 67 88
48 18 68 90
49 21 69 92
50 27 70 93
51 31 71 94
52 34 72 95
53 38 73 96
54 42 74 97
55 46 75-76 98
56 50 77-96 99

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Critical Business Planning (CBP) group 2

Graduate applicants tested for a variety of technical roles with a UK Government Agency. Candidates were pre-screened via a competency-based application form; subsequent testing forming part of an assessment centre.

Mean: 55.12 Age range: 20 to 57; mean of 28 years
SD: 7.63 Gender: 47% male, 52.4% female
Sample size: 145 Background: Not recorded

T-score table
Raw T-score Raw T-score
0-37 20 56 51
38 21 57 53
39 23 58 55
40 24 59 57
41 26 60 58
42 28 61 60
43 29 62 62
44 31 63 63
45 33 64 65
46 34 65 67
47 36 66 69
48 38 67 70
49 40 68 72
50 41 69 74
51 43 70 75
52 45 71 77
53 46 72 79
54 48 73-96 80
55 50
Percentile table
Raw Percentile Raw Percentile
0-42 1 56 54
43 2 57 62
44 3 58 69
45 5 59 76
46 6 60 79
47 8 61 84
48 12 62 89
49 16 63 90
50 18 64 93
51 24 65 96
52 31 66 97
53 35 67 98
54 42 68-96 99
55 50

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Critical Business Planning (CBP) group 3

Internal applicants for senior management positions with a large public service organisation.

Mean: 53.89 Age range: Not recorded
SD: 8.00 Gender: 74% male, 26% female
Sample size: 141 Background: Not recorded

T-score table
Raw T-score Raw T-score
0-30 20 55 51
31 21 56 53
32 23 57 54
33 24 58 55
34 25 59 56
35 26 60 58
36 28 61 59
37 29 62 60
38 30 63 61
39 31 64 63
40 33 65 64
41 34 66 65
42 35 67 66
43 36 68 68
44 38 69 69
45 39 70 70
46 40 71 71
47 41 72 73
48 43 73 74
49 44 74 75
50 45 75 76
51 46 76 78
52 48 77 79
53 49 78-96 80
54 50
Percentile table
Raw Percentile Raw Percentile
0-36 1 55 54
37-38 2 56 62
39 3 57 66
40 5 58 69
41 6 59 73
42 7 60 79
43 8 61 82
44 12 62 84
45 14 63 86
46 16 64 90
47 18 65 92
48 24 66 93
49 27 67 95
50 31 68 96
51 35 69 97
52 42 70-71 98
53 46 72-96 99
54 50

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