I__. - International Military Testing Association

Table 1
Military Assignments in the AIL
Fighting Troops Non-Fighting Troops
military policeman
light infantryman
mountain trooper
paratrooper
mechanized infantryman
gunner
missile gunner
gunlayer
engineer
deck hand
signal construction man
signal operating man
radio operator
Sample
clerk
radar operator
teletypist
supplyman
second cook
driver
electronics technician
radiomechanic
!+aircraft mechanic
armament repairman
automotive vehicle mechanic
medical corpsman
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1,225 persons liable to military service were tested by means of AIL during the psychological
qualification and placement test before they were drafted into military service. The composition
of the sample ensured regional and educational representativeness.
Method
The 25 items of the AIL are listed in a fixed order. The testee is asked to give his opinion on
each item by indicating whether he is interested or uninterested in the described assignment.
Consequently, the response is obtained by the “forced-choice” method. The testee indicates his
judgement on a response form which offers two categories. The preferences are numerically
represented by a preference score P which is defined by the interest-to-disinterest ratio:
Preference score P
=
total interest
total disinterest
It applies P = 1,00 : interest/disinterest in the item are equally great,
i.e. there is indifference
P > 1.00: interest outweighs disinterest, i.e. the item is preferred
P < l,OO: disinterest outweighs interest, i.e. the item is rejected.
The preference scores P were placed in a rank order to show the preferences for assignments of
the AIL items. Rank order comparisons between subsamples were carried out by applying
nonparametric procedures (Kendall’s coefficient of concordance W). The statistical evaluations
were performed on a IBM AT PC with SPSS/PC+ standard software.
Acceptance of AIL
Following the pretest, the testees could express their opinion on AIL by answering the following
three questions:
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