ERIC Number: ED144994
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Oct
Pages: 126
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Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB Form 5): Comparison with GATB and DAT Tests. Final Report May 1975-October 1976.
Kettner, Norman
Test performance of high school students on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), and the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) was compared. The design of the study provided for information on test intercorrelations, prediction equations for the ASVAB tests from the commercial tests and conversion tables between highly similar tests across batteries. Separate comparisons were made by grade and sex. A total of 1,232 students were tested and each student took the ASVAB and one other battery. Six of the tests in the ASVAB correlated highly with tests in the commercial batteries. The remainder of tests in the ASVAB were information type tests that had low to moderate correlations with the tests in the commercial batteries. The correlations for the males were generally higher than for the females and the correlations increased with grade. The multiple correlation coefficient in the prediction of the ASVAB tests from the commercial tests ranged from zero to .90. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, High School Students, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Tables (Data), Test Results
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Air Force Human Resources Lab., Lackland AFB, TX. Personnel Research Div.
Authoring Institution: Air Force Human Resources Lab., Brooks AFB, TX.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Differential Aptitude Test; General Aptitude Test Battery; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
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