Research for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

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VALIDATION OF THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB) FORMS 6 AND 7 WITH APPLICATIONS TO ASVAB FORMS 8, 9, AND 10
January 1, 1982
This report examines the validity of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) forms 6 and 7. Validity in this analysis is the correlation between ASVAB test scores and subsequent performance in military training courses. Recruits are assigned to specific military training based, in part, on their scores on subgroups of tests (aptitude composites) contained in the ASVAB. We determined the most appropriate aptitude composite, and minimum acceptable score on that composite, for assignment to each training course. ASVAB forms 6 and 7 (the source of test score data for this analyses) are compared with the recently introduced ASVAB forms 8, 9, and 10. Based on this comparison we consider the results of our validity analyses of ASVAB forms 6 and 7 to be applicable for recruit assignment using ASVAB forms 8, 9, and 10.
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Final Report of the Manpower Availability Study
January 1, 1982
Highlights the findings of the various tasks of the MAST study, which included studying enlistment standards, Class A school screening procedures, rating assignments, and the relationship of attitudes toward pay, Navy jobs, and military life to first-term and career reenlistment decisions.
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NORMALIZATION OF THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB) FORMS 8, 9, AND 10 USING A SAMPLE OF SERVICE
September 1, 1981
All branches of the Armed Services use the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to measure the mental aptitudes of prospective recruits. New forms of ASVAB are introduced periodically. Before new forms are introduced they must be normalized (i.e., the proper relationship must be established between the number of questions answered correctly and a standard score scale). This process ensures that a certain score on the new forms represents the same ability level as that same score on previous forms of the test. This report documents our analysis of the normalization of ASVAB forms 8, 9, and 10.
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A REEXAMINATION OF THE NORMALIZATION OF THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB) FORMS 6, 7, 6E, AND 7E
January 1, 1981
This study checks the normalization of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) forms 6 and 7 and normalized the ASVAB forms 6E and 7E. The ASVAB measures the mental aptitude of prospective recruits. Since ASVAB 6 and 7 were first used (January 1976) questions about the correctness of the normalization have been raised. We checked the normalization of ASVAB 6 and 7 and developed the normalization of 6E and 7E using a reference test--AFQT 7. In this effort we used a large sample of Marine Corps recruits. We found that the current normalization of ASVAB 6 and 7 is too easy; it overstates the mental ability of low aptitude recruits by 15 to 17 percentiles.
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Measured Mental Ability, Service School Achievement and Job Perforamnce
June 1, 1974
Since World War II the services have used the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) to screen draftees and enlistment applications. This procedure assumes that higher scores on the AFQT indicate a higher productivity of individuals in the armed forces. This paper examines some of the evidence for this assumption.
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