Effects of Item-Option Weighting on the Reliability and Validity of the AFOQT for Pilot Selection.

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the effects of the use of differential item-option weights on the reliability and validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) as used for pilot selection. Two groups of subjects were selected from a pool of 3,400 students who had been admitted to undergraduate pilot training from 1969 to 1972. Using an extension of the method attributed to Guttman, item-option weights were generated and used to score the AFOQT on a cross-validation group. Corrected-for-guessing scores were computed for comparative purposes. The internal consistency reliability of the subtests and of the pilot composite increased when item-option weights were applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035732

Entities

People

  • Malcolm James Ree

Organizations

  • Brooks Air Force Base

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aviation Personnel
  • Composite Materials
  • Consistency
  • Education
  • Flight Training
  • Pilots
  • Reliability
  • Students
  • Training
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

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