Army Synthetic Validity Project: Report of Phase 2 Results. Volume 1
Abstract
The two major objectives of the Army Synthetic Validity Project are to identify and evaluate procedures for identifying optimal composite of selection measures for any Army enlisted Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and estimating the validity of this composite for predicting job performance, and setting a minimum qualifying score to assure a reasonable probability of successful job performance, as well as other appropriate cutting scores for other critical selection decisions (e.g., for selecting recruits with potential for outstanding performance). Synthetic validation approaches typically begin with identification of job components that can be used to describe the population of jobs being studied. A prediction equation is derived for linking available selection tests to each component. Subject matter experts (SMEs) are asked to identify the importance of each component when compared to overall job performance. Finally, the prediction equations for the various components are weighted according to the importance judgement weights and summed to obtain an equation for predicting overall performance for the job. (sdw)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA226355
Entities
People
- Cyndi Owens-kurtz
- Deborah L. Whetzel
- Jane M. Arabian
- Norman G. Peterson
- R. G. Hoffman
Organizations
- American Institutes for Research