SCREENING DEVICES FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRANTS WHO FAIL AFQT 7 AND 8
Abstract
Appropriate methods must be readily available for detecting attempts to evade military service through failing the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), the primary mental screening measure for both enlistment applicants and Selective Service registrants. The present report describes the development of special scoring devices--'failure keys'--for use with AFQT Forms 7 and 8. The failure keys were developed based on differences in responses of two AFQT 56 samples: true failures (N = 800 SS reg.) and those who deliberately attempted failure (N = 1600 EM). On basis of scoring results, the newly constructed keys provided even more efficient identification of deliberate failures and true failures than did similar devices used with prior AFQT forms and left a smaller percentage of AFQT failure uncategorized. The keys developed in the present study were operationally introduced 1 July 1960 along with AFQT 7 and AFQT 8.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0414289
Entities
People
- Alan A. Anderson
- E. F. Heermann