Concurrent Validation of Experimental Army Enlisted Personnel Selection and Classification Measures
Abstract
New Predictors for Selecting and Assigning Future Force Soldiers (Select21) is concerned with Soldier accession and job classification. The Select21 goal is to ensure the Army acquires Soldiers with the knowledge, skills, and attributes (KSAs) needed for performing well and fitting well in a transformed Army. The objectives of the project are to (a) identify Future Force job demands and the pre-enlistment KSAs required to meet them, (b) develop measures of job performance and critical KSAs, and (c) validate the experimental predictor (KSA) measures in a concurrent criterion-related validation. This report documents the method and results of the criterion-related validation. The predictor set includes measures of cognitive ability, temperament, psychomotor skills, values, expectations, and experience. Performance criteria include rating scales completed by supervisors and peers, technical knowledge tests, a situational judgment test, and indicators of person-environment fit (e.g., job satisfaction). Versions of these measures suitable for all first-term Soldiers regardless of specialty were administered to 812 Soldiers. Analyses indicated that scores from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) predict both current and future performance (as assessed by future-oriented rating scales) and that the experimental predictors provided incremental validity, particularly in regard to attitudinal criteria.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA471963
Entities
People
- Deirdre J. Knapp
- Trueman R. Tremble
Organizations
- Human Resources Research Organization