Purdue Pegboard measures 2 types of dexterity viz: 1)
Involving gross movement of hands, fingers, & arm.2) fingertip dexterity . Purdue Pegboard measures a factor called finger
dexterity which is defined as the ability to make rapid, skillful
controlled movement of small objects where fingers are primarily involved. This is different from another factor manual dexterity, which is defined as the ability to make skillful & well directed arm-hand movements in manipulating fairly large objects under speed control.
The Purdue Pegboard is a test of dexterity that is designed to aid in selecting adults applying for industrial jobs such as assembly, packing, operating certain machines & other manual jobs (2).