Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT): A User Manual

Abstract

A joint-service effort is underway to develop a computerized adaptive testing (CAT) system and to evaluate its potential for replacing the paper-and- pencil Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, used for military personnel classification and assignment. To enable evaluation of CAT's operations, psychometric characteristics, and predictive utility, a prototype system was developed for use in assessing the feasibility of CAT with Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy recruits. This report provides a user manual describing the experimental CAT system hardware and procedures for administering personnel classification tests on the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139938

Entities

People

  • Frank L. Vicino
  • Lawrence Eastman
  • Ross Cooper
  • Susan Hardwick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • California
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Instructions
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Selection
  • Recording Systems
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Regulators
  • Simulations
  • Social Security
  • Test Equipment
  • Training
  • Voltage Regulators

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.