Averages, Standard Deviations, and Intercorrelations of Navy Aptitude Tests
Abstract
An examination is made of the aptitude tests used in the classification of naval recruits and of the quality of the recruits at four large naval training stations. Basis for this report was compiled from the data on 43,539 Hollerith cards. Men at the Great Lakes Training station made, on the average, the highest test scores, and men at Norfolk made the lowest. The arithmetic and general aptitude tests are of suitable difficulty; but the general classification, English and spelling tests are too easy to provide the most efficient differentiation between recruits. About 5 percent of the Hollerith cards had to be discarded because of incompleteness or obvious error. Great differences in the test scores of men at different stations, are probably due, in the main part, not to a real difference in men, but to some inconsistency or irregularity of procedure. It is recommended that a systematic program of continuous coordination of procedures be carried out between stations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 1943
- Accession Number
- ADA801521
Entities
Organizations
- College Board