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Oxford-Carpenter, Rebecca L.; Schultz-Shiner, Linda J. – 1985
This paper addresses practical Army problems in reading assessment from a theory base reflecting the most recent research on reading comprehension. Military and occupational research shows that reading proficiency is related to job performance. Reading assessment is a key issue in the Army due to changes in the reading ability levels of the Army…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Postsecondary Education, Psychometrics
Download full textMitchell, Karen J. – 1984
The purpose of this resarch was to develop a model of verbal information processing for use in subsequent analyses of the construct and predictive validity of the current Department of Defense military selection and classification battery, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) 8/9/10. The theory and research methods of selected…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Cognitive Processes, Models
Ree, Malcolm James; And Others – 1982
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…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Factor Analysis
Weitzman, R. A. – 1982
The goal of this research was to predict from a recruit's responses to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) items whether the recruit would pass the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). The data consisted of the responses (correct/incorrect) of 1,020 Navy recruits to 200 items of the ASVAB together with the scores of these…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation
Vale, C. David; And Others – 1981
A simulation study to determine appropriate linking methods for adaptive testing items was designed. Three basic data sets for responses were created. These were randomly sampled, systematically sampled, and selected data sets. The evaluative criteria used were fidelity of parameter estimation, asymptotic ability estimates, root-mean-square error…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Bayesian Statistics
Prestwood, J. Stephen; And Others – 1985
Six new forms of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) were developed. These new forms were equated to a standard reference test, ASVAB 8a, using normative data based on a 1980 weighted probability sample of American youth, ages 18-23. Equating allows the services to report the distributions of examinee ability on a common metric or…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Data Collection
