Attribute Assessment: Initial Test of Scales for Determining Human Requirements of Military Jobs
Abstract
The Attribute Assessment Scale (AAS) was developed empirically to enable noncommissioned officers (NCOs) to estimate profiles of human attributes required for different military occupational specialties (MOS). Two experiments were run to test AAS in terms of its interrater agreement and in terms of the differentiation of attributes within and across MOS. The first experiment included a tri-level performance criterion: NCOs from two MOS provided three ratings of the level required of 22 attributes for work in their own MOS. Results indicated a number of problems, some attributable to the complex criterion (e.g., confusion, response set, ceiling effect). The second experiment, which included three MOS, corrected for some, but not all of the problems. The conclusion from the two efforts was that interrater agreement and differences observed across MOS, although minimal, were sufficient to warrant further tests of the scale. These future efforts should examine effects of criterion specificity and types of scale authors on the estimates obtained.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA188656
Entities
People
- Elizabeth P. Smith
- Paul G. Rossmeissl
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences