Research for Personnel Classification Tests

The efficiency and fairness of procedures used to select enlisted men for the Navy and for schools, jobs, and advancement are examined. The literature on selection-testing, training, and performance evaluation is reviewed. Ways of increasing personal performance and opportunity are suggested.

This analysis examines the mathematical relations between the performance of first-term Marines and their test scores and selected personal characteristics. The objective is to predict performance when only certain test scores and personal characteristics are known (i.e., at time of application for enlistment). A step-wise linear multiple regression process is used to identify the variables which best predict performance. Measures of performance include early attrition, desertion, early promotion, and rank achieved. A procedure for expressing the results in terms of the (new) ASVAB preenlistment test is provided, and a method for application of these results to Marine Corps enlistment screening is presented.

This paper examines the validity of CNA support personnel selection measurements. Employee comparisons are made, criteria of employee worth is examined, and the validation of background and test data are discussed.