Factor Structure of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test Form S: Analysis and Comparison with Previous Forms

Abstract

Due to its importance for assignment and classification in the U.S. Air Force, the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) has received a substantial amount of research. Recently, the AFOQT was revised to reduce administrative burden and test-taker fatigue. However, the new version, the AFOQT Form S, was implemented without explicitly examining the latent structure of the exam. This study examined the factor structure of Form S as well as its measurement equivalence across race- and sex-based groups. Results indicate that a bifactor model with a general intelligence factor and five content-specific factors fit the best. The measurement equivalence of the AFOQT across gender and racial/ethnic groups also was supported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA514687

Entities

People

  • Christopher D. Nye
  • Fritz Drasgow
  • Malcolm J. Ree
  • Thomas R. Carretta

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Applied Psychology
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Eigenvalues
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Factor Analysis
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Psychology
  • Reserve Officer Training Corps
  • Statistics
  • Students

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