I__. - International Military Testing Association

The 205 job t i tl es. thus became i tems on an i riven tory, the
Armed Serv i ces Uocat i onal Interest Profile (ASVIP), as shown
in .Figure 1. The answer sheet 1 ists, for each item, three
answer options, L, I , and D (for Like, Indifferent, and
Dislike, respectiuely). Typ i cal scar i ng strategies 5) s i n g
these options cal 1 for simply disregarding the I responses,
and suhtrac t i ng the number of Ds from the number of Ls..
44. Construction Equipment Operators
45. Correct i ens Spec i al i sts
46. Court Reporters
47. Data Entry Special i sts
48. Data Processing Equip. Repa.irers
4s. Data Processing Managers
50. Dental Laboratory Techn i c i ans
51 , Dental Spec i al i sts
52. Dentists
53 . Detectives
54. Dietitians
55. Dispatchers
56. Divers
Figure 1 . . Examples of 1 terns
The ASVIP was administered to samp 1 es of ma1 e (N=l 501 and
female (N=150) Navy recruits, at the Great Lakes, I1 1 inoic.
and Or 1 ando, Fl or i da Navy Recru i t Train i ng Commands. T h e r e
WEtS no time limit for the test. Completion times ranged from
18 to 32 minutes, with a mean of 24 for males and 23 far
females.
Th i s pi lot study, i n addition to a s 5 e s s i n g t h e test i ng
logistics for the instrument, was designed to reveal 5 I-1 e
levels of endorsement for the 205 jotIs. Thus, for the effort
repor ted here i n, only the L responses were considered in the
scoring process..
RESULTS
Each of the 205 jobs received SCIITI~ endorsement from this
s a m p l e of Navy recrui ts, even though not all of the jobs c a n
be found in the Navy. The range of endorsement (out of a
poss i tl e 300) is. f ram 20 4 for Photographers to 25 for
Cl 0th i ng a.nd Fabr i c Repni rers. T .3. /J 1 e 1 s t, CII,~.J~ t h c c u mu 1 a t i v e
frequent i es wi th which each of the uff i cer 3. rf fij 2 rl 1 i 5 t e ~j .j 13 tt.5.
\,..I .$ 'S. C ri #j 811 r 5. e rJ , T t-1 a t i z. , t: h e t 3, b 1 e 9. j-, Ol,...J~f. r-, urn tse I- il f t i n-1 e E. t h e
L I KE r e 5.~1 cl n ‘5. e cp t i ,c, n !..,,I 2. E. (1 t, 0 : + r; F I; r I: /-, 3 t i t em .
CONCLUSIONS
The resul ts 0 f t I-I i s pi lot s t u d :>’ c. j-1 Cl(>.J t h 3. t t r-1 e I- e
i -2
endorsement + 0:~ r al 1 cornbi neJ-Serv i t:es. .j 0 t1.s 9 a Ii d t t-l 3. t there
i s a reaSOnatl1 e di spersi on across. al 1 of t h e j 0 tl t i t 1 es.
This sctgqfictc __d _- that the ASVIP might be useful a.5 ,j , 3. 5 C ?J ‘Z. 5. j 0 l-l
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