Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT): Forms P Pre-Implementation Analyses and Equating

Abstract

Forms P of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) became operational in 1987. This paper describes the equating of Forms P1 and P2 for Form O, and the associated analyses. The pre-implementation equating was necessary (a) to check the adequacy of the items in the new forms, (b) to assess the similarity of the new forms, and (c) to establish conversion tables for placing scores from the new test on the metric of Form O. Three forms of the AFOQT (Om P1, and P2) were administered to subjects (N = 3,400) at Basic Training School (BMTS), Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), and Officer Training School (OTS). Results are reported at the item, subtest, and composite levels. In general, Forms O and P are content equivalent while Forms P have items of slightly lower difficulty than those of Form O. Equipercentile equatings were used to produce provisional conversion tables for the operational implementation of Form P. Keywords: Aptitude tests, Item analyses, Selection tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201100

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  • Jacobina Skinner
  • Kurt W. Steuck
  • Thomas W. Watson

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  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Composite Materials
  • Conversion
  • Data Analysis
  • Education
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Psychological Tests
  • Reserve Officer Training Corps
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Education

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