Relative Average Recruiting Yields by AFQT Category

Abstract

All services are currently involved in a congressionally directed joint-service project aimed at linking military enlistment standards to on-the- job performance and, through this linkage, setting cost-effective standards. As used here, the term enlistment standards generally refers to scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score, derived from the ASVAB. To address the performance aspect of the project, extensive hands-on tests of job performance are being built and administered to recruits. Analyses of the resulting data will yield the relationship between ASVAB scores and job performance. The number of recruits enlisted from a target population varies significantly by aptitude score. This memorandum calculates the ratio of recruits to population by AFQT category for the fiscal years 1980 to 1987. Keywords: AFQT(Armed Forces Qualification Test); Aptitude tests; Enlisted personnel; Mental ability; Military personnel; Military requirements; Performance(Human); Personnel selection; Qualifications; Recruits; Standards; Statistical analysis; Statistical data; Test scores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA223063

Entities

People

  • Jacquelyn Hughes
  • William H. Sims

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Administrative Personnel
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Standards

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  • Education

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