I__. - International Military Testing Association

c:- TORc OF JOB SPEr:aON RAm ON JOS KNOWLEIXE TESTING
IL crder LO analyze for the point in a persons career at which respcneibility
for or expertise on a particular equipment was achieved, events of
interest were assigned to relative Time Groups. The Time Groups were based
on patrol Gycl es after graduation f ram Vu School. Schools or SAT scores
were recorded for each individual in the patrol cycle sequence to which
they belonged rather than being assigned on a calendar year basis.
Since some records reflected more patrol cycles than others, the part of
the survey population still present diminished in the later Time Groups.
Table 1, shows the Time Groups used and the records with informatiax, for
each Time Group.
Table 1. Timi: Grout, Pooulation
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Time GL-GUP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5
PoJuiat ion 96 96 56 96 67 45 I 29 _ -- 11 l
The events, 1, e, , sco’res, schools, were then summarized based on the Time
Group into which they fell.
2.1.3. ,sE?‘J’ St:ore Q.-J- lty.qiq . The SATs us& for this aIia&SiS were administxed
upon completion of “CJt Schoo14’ and during each SSBP? “Off Crew” period.
the tests are broken into several equipment dependent areas. Test
versions are changed every five months with occasional changes in the number
and size of areas between test versions. The score analysis was bses
on test areas with scores recorded in their appropriate Time Groups. Since
individuals entered the system at different times, results from several
test versions were included in each Time Group. To dampen the difference
between test versions normalized scores were used as the basis of anaiyais.
It was hypothesized that specialization related to a billet sub6tructure
should be ref lect-ed in higher SAT scores in an area. This
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