AIRMAN QUALIFYING EXAMINATION-66 ADMINISTERED AS A CONFIDENCE TEST
Abstract
Airman Qualifying Examination-66 was readministered as a Valid Confidence test to 61 basic airmen. Airmen understood the method of confidence testing and yielded data containing information over and above that available from choice testing. There is no evidence that confidence testing disrupted the test-taking process. Wide individual differences were observed in airmen's ability to evaluate information. Observed patterns of confidence indicate that airmen would be guessing on about one-fourth of the items if AQE-66 had been administered as a choice test. Confidence test administration served to increase reliability of AQE-66 to the extent that it was equivalent to a choice test about twice as long as the current test. Confidence test administration served to increase predictive validity of AQE-66 as measured by the correlation between AQE-66 and AFQT.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0677210
Entities
People
- Emil H. Shuford Jr.
- H. E. Massengill Jr.