Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

10.
Research needs identified by high school counseling personnel
and by service recruiting, production and classification representatives
'range across a broad spectrum, covering such'top!cs as: tracing the
longitudinal career decision process; exploring the feasibility of
Iremote test scoring and concurrent feedback; establishing a task/
aptitude criterion matrix, permitting, in turn, rapid estimation of
predictive validities for new jobs entering the inventory; reconfigured
.jobs, or jobs having an insufficient N for traditional validation
purposes; and a linear programned approach to test administration.
11. Rather than describe the entire spectrum of our anticipated
research objectives at this time, I would prefer to return the floor
to the workshop chariman so that we can explore subjects in which
you may have a particular interest.
Concluding Connents (Dr. Valentine)
1. My.few corrnients represent my personal views--not necessarily
policy of AFHRL or the Air Force.
2. AFHRL's role, as well as that of the other service R&D labs,,
in the program is viewed as one requiring sound R&D to supnort and
improve the program. Policy with regard to the program is the
responsibility of service and DOD ffq agencies.
3. There are three areas in which substantative support R&D
is needed. These deal with (a) breadth of battery content and
coveraqe, (b) battery standards (which include both norming and
composite structure), and (c) va?idity studies.
4. In its oresent form, ASVAB is limited to subtests either
"common" to earlier service classification batteries or necessary tc
provide an AFqT score. Most of these predecessor batteries were
designed to provide ontimal prediction of training success. Such
composites tend to intercorrelate substantially. School counselors
have always been constrained to counsel all students, and the optimal
test system for them both identifies ability level and provides optimally
different classification indexes. The services have been able
to select rather than to simply classify in the true sense.
IJnder the volunteer force the services are going to be compelled
to join counselors in a more effective job of differential
classification. In addition, the ASVAB's present limited content
coverage short-changes some of the classification needs of some
of the-services. Thus, the service labs need to give careful
attention to appropriate added content and to the classification
models ?lhich will allow decisions about both leve1
of aptitude
and thz differential aptitude demands of jobs
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