Relationship between Vehicle Identification Performance and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
Abstract
The development and testing of training programs for combat vehicle identifications was conducted from 1980-1986 under the Target Acquisition and Analysis Training Systems (TAATS) work unit at Fort Hood, Texas. During that time 15 independent research projects were completed. This research evaluated the programs as well as a variety of factors related to training program performance, e.g., motion, alternate media, retention, and repeated training. The Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) initiative motivated the exploration of the magnitude and validity of relationships between Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and vehicle identification performance. Comparable vehicle identification performance data from those efforts exist for 942 soldiers; ASVAB scores and vehicle identification performance data from those efforts for about 600 soldiers. These relationships were examined using (1) unweighted Pearson correlations; (2) correlations of performance with individual differentially weighted ASVAB scores; (3) multiple correlations involving different ASVAB scaled scores and subtests; and (4) discriminant analyses to predict high and low achieving soldiers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA221558
Entities
People
- Norman D. Smith
- Otto H. Heuckeroth
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences