Relationships of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Forms 8, 9, and 10 to Air Force Technical School Final Grades.
Abstract
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), consisting of 10 subtests, is used as the one multiple test instrument for enlisting young men and women into the military services. The ASVAB Forms 8, 9, and 10 are used by the Air Force to select and classify enlistees into four basic aptitude areas: Mechanical, Administrative, General, and Electronics. The ASVAB also yields a common selection score called the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). The ASVAB has been in joint service use since 1976; scores from the various composites play a major role in assessing the qualifications of young men and women for assignment to technical training and military jobs. A group of 29,619 male and female enlistees tested between October 1980 and March 1982 comprised the subjects of the study. Each of these enlistees attended a technical training course and received a final school grade which was used as the criterion. Only the 70 courses with 100 or more graduates were used in the study. Uncorrected correlation coefficients (Rs) were computed between the Air Force ASVAB aptitude indexes (AIs) the AFQT, and final technical training grades in each of 70 technical training courses. For each technical school, whenever possible, comparisons were made among nine subsamples: Total group, Males, Females, Whites, Blacks, White Males, Black Males, White Females, and Black Females.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA144213
Entities
People
- J. M. Wilbourn
- L. D. Valentine Jr.
- M. J. Ree
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory