Benchmark Learning Difficulty Technology: Feasibility of Operational Implementation.
Abstract
The Air Force Human Resources Laboratory developed an objective procedure for establishing the relative aptitude requirements for enlistee occupations. The technology produces measures of occupational learning difficulty that can be used as a job-centered frame of reference for establishing aptitude requirements. These measures were used as an empirical basis for establishing aptitude requirements in April 1982 revision of Air Force Regulation 39-1, Airman Classification Regulation. Occupational learning difficulty is applied within Air Force person-job match algorithms for determining enlistee job assignments. It is important that the associated measurement procedure be transferred to an operational organization for routine implementation. To transfer the technology it was first necessary to investigate the feasibility of having Air Force personnel, as opposed to research personnel, collect benchmark ratings for use in deriving the learning difficulty measures. For this purpose, eight members of the Air Force Occupational Measurement Center (OMC) collected benchmark ratings for nine enlisted specialties that had been previously evaluated by research personnel. For each specialty, a measure of occupational learning difficulty was derived. Ratings produced by the OMC team were then compared to ratings collected by the research personnel to assess the reliability and validity. Results of the analyses indicated that the reliability and validity of the OMC ratings were equivalent to the reliability and validity of the ratings previously collected by the research personnel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA161797
Entities
People
- Hendrick W. Ruck
- Joe Weeks
- Sharon K. Garcia
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory