Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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Background
Approaches to Improved Measurement:
Research in Progress
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CASLHER S. WINIF~ICZ
US .Nsval Examining Center
The research projects abstracted herein are primarily projects
th8t the US Naval Examining Center has concentrated their efforts on
sfnce the last Military Testing Association meetfng, held in 1963 at
Groton, Connecticut. ThcSe.prOjeCtS should not be confused with the
regular semiannual evaluations that are conducted on all examinations
and their respective populatlon8. To eumarize a few of these autometic
evaluations; each examination is anslyzed fn terms of it8 adherence to
the criterion standard of construction; professional and military sections
are analyzed independently and also theft interactions a8 major components
0” the total instrument; intercorrelations between all minor aubsections
on the professional pgrt, as well as vith the total composite;
item atUllySi8; raw and standard score conversions along with their
respective statfetics and graphic representation of each population a8
well a8 the parameters; analysis of the final multiple components; check
for compromise and collwion; and finally all the various activity and
bureau reports that are required to adequsltely summarize thfe information.
A susxaary listing of the following research projects fndir-pte those
unique areas that h8ve been investigated to provide-additional technical
Information TV improve and support the Naval Advancement System.
Pro-Pay Survey
A survey was conducted on the prevalent attitude toward a variable
reenl!.stment bonus (guaranteed minimum bonus with a variable sum based
on rating criticality) vice a proficiency pay program. Ten thousand
canfdates were sampled from a cross-section of 231 different Naval Activitfee.
The major extrapolation from the data tend to support the premise
that,in general,the group would prefer a variable bonus system in lieu of the
present pro-pay program. This I.8 based very briefly on the fact that
although only 25% of the total group are currently receiving pro-pay in
one form or another, they only favor pro-pay In a 60 to 30 ratio. However,
the larger portion of the sample, the remaining 75% that represents about
6000 people in this sutiey are in favor of the bonus over pro-pay in a 2
to 1 majority.
Automatic Sxamination Requisitioning
The examination answer card8 have Jeen revised to Incorporate the
collection of two variable factors of performance evaluation and awards.
Basic battery scores ‘Ire constant, and length of service and time in rate
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