Enhancing Quality Control in the Testing of Military Applicants
Abstract
Diverse sources of error must be controlled for aptitude tests to have substantial validity. This paper describes a highly cost effective procedure for immediate verification of the veridicality of operational test scores. A continuous need exists to maintain the high quality of testing procedures and of operational test scores used in selecting and classifying enlisted personnel. In a large-scale testing program such as the one that uses the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the risk of test compromise is always present. A cost effective procedure for detecting the incidence of spurious scores was developed, consisting of (a) comparison of scores on two ASVAB subtests to detect any large differences between them, (b) administration of a 10-minute retest to examinees showing the large difference, and (c) comparison of original and retest scores to verify the incidence of likely test compromise. Tryout of the procedure indicated that the 10-minute retest of fewer than 20% of all examinees could detect approximately 70% of all cases of test compromise. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA095867
Entities
People
- M. A. Fischl
- Robert M. Ross
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences