Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

Item Writing Procedures for IncrasLng Validity
I. J. WEwEilw, Chairman
6570th Personnel Reeearch Lboratory, US Air Force
The chairman introducad the subject by otatfng that the starting
point for increasing the validity of item8 i6 in the fob analysis and
* the outline. The firrt thing the vrftar must know i8 what he ir eup-
’ I pored to be measuring. If he 10 measuring knowledge, one type of item
.’ 18 required, and if he is mearurtng job akilla, another typa Is called
for.
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The particlpantr brought out the vaafour problema they have in thla
area dut to tha vsrfatfonr found in each of the oervlcer approach to
thir problan. When the dircu@eion developed the great interest the
earvices have in a proper job dercripcfon oud job analyaie to help rolvo
thir problem, the choirman reminded the particlpnntc of the work being
done in thfa area by the USAF. He tcuched on thio very briefly,
reminding the group that a fuller triutnent was on the program et a
later reseion.
There aaaned to be agreement that the job analyoie and outYinr
were the foundation of a eood teut item, the problem vipe in getting
this enalysir .
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