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ERIC Number: ED292864
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-May
Pages: 413
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Development and Field Test of the Trial Battery for Project A. Improving the Selection, Classification and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel. Project A: Improving the Selection, Classification and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel. ARI Technical Report 739.
Peterson, Norman G., Ed.
As part of the United States Army's Project A, research has been conducted to develop and field test a battery of experimental tests to complement the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in predicting soldiers' job performance. Project A is the United States Army's large-scale manpower effort to improve selection, classification, and utilization of enlisted personnel. Findings from an extensive literature review and associated expert judgments and administration of a preliminary battery of "off-the-shelf" measures guided the development of new tests. Three major types of tests were prepared, namely, paper-and-pencil tests of cognitive ability; computer-administered tests of perceptual and psychomotor abilities; and paper-and-pencil inventories measuring temperament, biographical data, and vocational interests. After iterative pilot tests and revisions, the measures were field tested. Analysis indicted that the new tests had adequate to excellent psychometric qualities, were relatively unique, and were not unduly affected by practice or by faking in an applicant setting. The resulting trial battery contains six cognitive tests; 10 computer-administered perceptual and psychomotor tests; and two inventories measuring temperament, biographical factors, and interests. The battery is being used in the next Project A phase, which involves concurrent validation to evaluate predictor measures against subsequent job performance. (TJH)
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, ATTN: PERI-POT, 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22333-5600.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Army Research Inst. for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Alexandria, VA.
Authoring Institution: Human Resources Research Organization, Alexandria, VA.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A