Culture-Free Testing for Selection of Recruits.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to compare a two-dimensional polygon discrimination learning (DL) test designed by Arima and Young with the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) currently being used for military selection. A sample of 65 high school students who had taken the ASVAB in the military's High School Testing Program were given the DL test during the first two months of 1979. Little correlation was found between the two tests. Multiple regression with IPR as the dependent variable indicated that the subtest General Information (GI) predicted Information Processing Rate (IPR) score to some extent. For whites only, the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) also served to predict IPR score. Results indicate that the DL test measures some other aspect of ability other than that demonstrated on the ASVAB and may therefore be of use in recruit screening. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA071969

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  • Vining Alden Sherman Jr

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Human Systems

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  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Information Processing
  • Instructions
  • Learning
  • Management Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Recruiting
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  • Sociology
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  • United States Naval Academy

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