I__. - International Military Testing Association

Preference scores
overall sample (N = 1,225)
Figtire 1: Preference scores for AIL items in the overall sample
Preference scores of the first ten
rank positions:
Rank AILitems P
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
driver 3.73
clerk -74
auto.vehic.mech. .74
milpolice .70 ’ _
radar operator .59
armament repair .%I
aircraft mech. 52
gunner .46
light infantery 44
paratrooper 42
(2) Are opinions about military assignments influenced by educational level or regional factors?
(3) Do assignments with fighting and non-fighting troops meet with different degrees of interest?
The following figure shows the preference scores P for the 25 AIL items based on the two
response categories (interesting/not interesting). It clearly highlights the fact that only the
assignment as driver achieves a P-scoreH.0. Since military driving licenses continue to be valid
in civilian live upon completion of military service, assignments to a driver’s job is of great
benefit to military conscripts. The other AIL items received much lower preference scores (all
less 1,0) . The scores are shown in a ranked order.
The subsamples based on school education and regional background produced preferences
completely different from those obtained for the overall sample. As highlighted in table 3 the
number of preferred military assignments (P > 1,0) increases as the level of school education
rises.
Table 3
Preference scores P > 1,0 for subsamples based on school education
and regional background
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Northern
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R e g i o n s
Central Southern Sum
level 1) 1 5 2 8
Ieve! 2) 1 5 2 8
level 3) I 6 3 10
level 4) 4 5 7 15
Total 7 21 14 41
1) .
2)
wIthout school-leaving certificate of secondary-level primary school
with school-leaving certificate of secondary-level primary school
3)
lower secondary school-leaving certificate
4)
secondary school graduation
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