Validation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Forms 6 and 7 with Applications to ASVAB Forms 8, 9, and 10,

Abstract

This report examines the validity of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) forms 6 and 7. Validity in this analysis is the correlation between ASVAB test scores and subsequent performance in military training courses. Recruits are assigned to specific military training based, in part, on their scores on subgroups of tests (aptitude composites) contained in the ASVAB. We determined the most appropriate aptitude composite, and minimum acceptable score on that composite, for assignment to each training course. ASVAB forms 6 and 7 (the source of test score data for this analyses) are compared with the recently introduced ASVAB forms 8, 9, and 10. Based on this comparison we consider the results of our validity analyses of ASVAB forms 6 and 7 to be applicable for recruit assignment using ASVAB forms 8, 9, and 10. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA110025

Entities

People

  • Catherine M. Hiatt
  • William H. Sims

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artillery
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • Security
  • Small Arms
  • Students
  • Training

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