[prog] Test to identify programmers?

[Mary]

On Mon, May 16, 2005, Dan wrote:
> Does anyone know of a test that can be given to people who have never
> used a computer before to determine which ones would likely benefit
> from (and enjoy) learning computer programming? I'm ideally looking
> for a written test that can be given on a large scale.

No. The only people I've known who looked into this haven't found any
incredibly useful correlations with other other abilities, except with
mathematics. (Note to people here who don't like mathematics: it's a
statistical correlation, not destiny ;) .)

-Mary