Validation Study of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Selector Composites: Basic Electricity and Electronics (BE&E) Schools and Their Class 'A' Schools for the Electronics Occupational Group.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to validate ASVAB composites for the 11 ratings of the Electronics (OG) Occupational Group. The ASVAB consists of the following 10 tests: General Science (GS), Arithmetic Reasoning (AR), Word Knowledge (WK), Paragraph Comprehension (PC), Numerical Operations (NO), Coding Speed (CS), Auto and Shop Information (AS), Mathematics Knowledge (MK), Mechanical Comprehension (MC), and Electronics Information (EI). Verbal (VE) is composed of WK and PC. This study was requested because of high attrition rates in the follow-on class 'A' schools and the merging of the BE&E prerequisite schools into the follow-on Class 'A' schools. The study recommends (I) retaining the operational selector composite and minimum qualifying score, AR + MK + EI + GS = 218, and (2) conducting expectancy analyses after the BE&E and follow-on Class 'A' schools are merged to determine if the 218 minimum qualifying score is adequate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA306324

Entities

People

  • Janet D. Held
  • Reynaldo I. Monzon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arithmetic
  • Attrition
  • Composite Materials
  • Comprehension
  • Data Analysis
  • Electricity
  • Electronics
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Personnel Selection
  • Reasoning
  • Recruiting
  • Regression Analysis
  • Students
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics