Original Scaling of ASVAB Forms 5/6/7: What Went Wrong

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to address the concerns of personnel managers about the accuracy of the ASVAB score scale. The accuracy of the scale is defined in terms of meaning of the scores: the same score should indicate the same level of expected performance regardless of which version of the test is administered. We reanalyzed the sample of examinees, tested in fall 1975, used to construct the original scale for ASVAB 5/6/7. We attempted to determine the causes of the error in the scale and then to verify that the corrections to the scale did in fact restore the traditional meaning of the ASVAB scores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA129499

Entities

People

  • Ann R. Truss
  • Milton H. Maier

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Tests
  • Recruiting
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Regression Analysis.