Expanding the Recruiting Market: Noncognitive Testing

In this research, we explore the relationships between AIM scores, other personal characteristics, and military performance. We emphasize the performance of homeschoolers in particular. We find that AIM scores have little relationship with education credential or AFQT score, suggesting that AIM is not simply an alternate measure of cognitive skills. Women score markedly lower than men on AIM. Differences by ethnicity, in contrast, are very small.