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Download full textSeeley, Leonard C.; And Others – 1978
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), composed of the common elements of operational classification batteries used by the different services, has been given to high school students since 1968. Results are used by the schools for counseling and by the Armed Services for selecting and classifying potential recruits. The present…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Classification, High Schools, Item Analysis
Valentine, Lonnie D., Jr.; Massey, Iris H. – 1976
Male and female enlistees were compared on the basis of their performance on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. Mean Aptitude Index scores were compared for male and female enlistees on the original testing and on retest. Males scored higher on mechanical and electronics, and females scored higher on administrative and general. Both…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Attitude Measures, Enlisted Personnel, Item Analysis
Sympson, J. B.; Hartmann, Loralee – 1982
In connection with the development of item pools for the Navy's experimental Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) system, items in five different content areas (General Science, Paragraph Composition, Word Knowledge, Math Knowledge, and Arithmetic Reasoning) have been calibrated using item response theory (IRT) methodology. Operational Armed…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)
Mislevy, Robert J. – 1986
The precision of item parameter estimates can be increased by taking advantage of dependencies between the latent proficiency variable and auxiliary examinee variables such as age, courses taken, and years of schooling. Score gains roughly equivalent to two to six additional item responses can be expected in typical educational and psychological…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Estimation (Mathematics), Information Utilization, Item Analysis
Mathews, John J.; Roach, Bennie W. – 1983
This report describes the development and norming of parallel forms of the Air Force Reading Abilities Test (AFRAT) which have been designed for Air Force use as replacements for commercial reading tests. A previous study on service applicants found considerably divergent reading grade levels (RGL's) from different commercial tests for subjects of…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Item Analysis, Literacy, Occupational Tests
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
Fruchter, Dorothy A.; Ree, Malcolm James – 1977
In order to meet the needs of all the Armed Services, new forms of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) must periodically be developed, refined, and standardized on an appropriate normative sample. Since one of the uses of the ASVAB is to determine candidate suitability for military service, it is necessary for the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Equated Scores, Item Analysis
Thomas, Patricia – 1970
The Armed Services vocational aptitude battery (ASVAB) was developed by a joint-service technical group, using items from the services' previously operational tests. The ASVAB was designed as a potential replacement for the Armed Forces Qualification Test and the separate classification batteries used by each of the services. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Enlisted Personnel
Drasgow, Fritz; And Others – 1987
This paper addresses the information revealed in incorrect option selection on multiple choice items. Multilinear Formula Scoring (MFS), a theory providing methods for solving psychological measurement problems of long standing, is first used to estimate option characteristic curves for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Arithmetic…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models
Vale, C. David; Gialluca, Kathleen A. – 1985
ASCAL is a microcomputer-based program for calibrating items according to the three-parameter logistic model of item response theory. It uses a modified multivariate Newton-Raphson procedure for estimating item parameters. This study evaluated this procedure using Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques. The current version of ASCAL was then compared to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Mitchell, Karen Janice – 1983
A model of verbal performance was developed which defined cognitive processes thought to underlie performance on the Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The items from two forms of these ASVAB verbal subtests were rated on five conceptualized cognitive storage processes:…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Prestwood, J. Stephen; And Others – 1985
In order to take advantage of advances in the field of mental measurement, the Armed Forces and the Department of Defense have supported the development of a computerized adaptive version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for use in military personnel selection and classification. This report describes the development and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Computer Assisted Testing, Data Collection
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
