Validity Generalization of Navy Selector Composites

Abstract

Validation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) has been considered necessary for Class 'A' school and with introduction of each new ASVAB form. Scientific literature has presented evidence that variability in observed validity coefficients across studies may be attributable to a number of factors and the need for revalidation of the ASVAB may be unnecessary. It validity coefficients could be generalized from one Navy Class 'A' school to a number of related schools, the Navy could save substantial costs in revalidating the ASVAB. Results obtained from three sets of analyses confirmed the generalizability of validity coefficients across a wide range of Class 'A' schools for each of the four selector composites investigated. The results will be used to estimate validity coefficients of the ASVAB in the future thus eliminating the cost of a new study. Validity generalization results obtained were comparable to those reported in the literature for similar studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168363

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  • Paul P. Foley

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  • Advanced Electronics
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