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An Investigation of Alternatives for Setting Second-to-Third Tour Reenlistment Standards. Technical Report 690.
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Grafton, Frances C.; Horne, David K. – 1985
This report investigates the appropriateness of using the General Technical (GT) composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) as a reenlistment criterion. Three aptitude measures, all ASVAB composites, were compared to measures of proficiency in job performance: the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), the GT, and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Correlation
What Characterizes Successful Enlistees in the All-Volunteer Force: A Study of Male Recruits in the U.S. Navy.
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Cooke, Timothy W.; Quester, Aline O. – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Examines the relationship between male U.S. Navy recruits' background characteristics and successful outcomes in the form of completion of obligated service, promotion, or retention. Concludes that high school graduates, recruits with higher test scores, African-American and Hispanic recruits, and those admitted through the Navy's Delayed Entry…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Blacks, High School Graduates, Hispanic Americans
Use of Sequential Testing to Prescreen Prospective Entrants into Military Service.
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