Male and Female Factors on the Cadet Evaluation Battery
Abstract
Subscales used to describe item categories in the Cadet Evaluation Battery (CEB), a diagnostic measure of officer potential, were derived primarily from factor analyses of responses given by male officers between 1961 and 1963. In order to determine current male and female CEB factor structures, the battery was administered to 1,035 females and 926 males applying for enrollment into the third year (MS III) of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. Then separate factor analyses were conducted on the two CEB tests, the Cadet Evaluation Test (CET) and the Cadet Evaluation Inventory (CEI), for each sex. CET male factors were found to be widely divergent from both CET female factors and the original CET subscales, while CEI male factors were found to resemble rather closely both CEI female factors and the original CEI subscales. Implications of these findings for the use and interpretation of CEB scores are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA061788
Entities
People
- Anthony E. Castelnovo
- E. Sue Mohr
- Michael G. Rumsey
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences