The purpose of this paper was to examine the factor structure of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Forms 8, 9, and 10. The analyses provided evidence of the replicability of ability constructs across diverse samples. (Author/PN)

Several confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) with a nationally representative sample of 11,078 subjects. Based on fit indexes, simple structure, and parsimony in parameter estimation, a three-factor hierarchical model was chosen. Two factors resemble those of P. E. Vernon (1969).…

The purpose of this research is to examine the factor structure of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), Forms 8, 9, and 10. The ASVAB consists of ten subtests: General Science; Arithmetic Reasoning; Word Knowledge; Paragraph Comprehension; Numerical Operations; Coding Speed; Auto Shop Information; Mathematics Knowledge;…

Presented is an investigation of the item and factor characteristics which make up Forms 8, 9, and 10 of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Data on the ASVAB forms were collected from mulitary enlistment applications at 20 Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations. Item and factor analyses were conducted on samples equated…

Comparisons of aptitude factor structures were made in nationally representative samples of young black, white, and Hispanic American men and women who took the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) (n=9,173). Tests reflecting content common in high school curricula showed few sex or ethnic differences. Other differences are…

The purpose of this research was to develop composites of subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) such that each composite score would be reliable and the various composite scores would be factorially independent of each other. Factor analysis was used to cluster the tests into composites based on the underlying…