I__. - International Military Testing Association

DeI.ayneR.Hudqeth
PaulR. Fayfich
TheUniversityof TWas at-in
Johns. Price, SQNIDR,RAAF
AirForceHumanResoums Laboratory
misreseamhwasccnztuctedattheAirForceHuman Resaurces Laboratory
(AFHRL) under the 1990 !3tnmsr ReseamAProgramforfacultytigraduate
students, sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Reseamh.
Introduction
l%eU!W?Occupational Me&mmentSquadron(CB&Q),RaMofphAirFo~l3?se
(ZGB), Texas is responsible for the preparation, admi.nistramnon~~Ys~
of USAF cccupational surveys. Using current pmxedums,
initial sumeymail-outand initial data processingrangesfmnseventonine
months. Currentmethe forcmllectingand processingdataforoccupational
analysis studies are slew, ccmplicated, arAexpensive. C@lSQhas?D4u~M
MHRL to investigate a mre efficient system of administering occupational
. Of particular interest is thepossibilityofautcmatingtheprocess
~pemonal cmputersandtheuseofthe Defense DataNetwork for
distribxtion of weys and collection of responses.
Objectives of the Reseaxh Effort
Five objectives for the effort were determined: (1) to create a
computeriz@dversionoftheChapel~g~tJ&surVey (chosenbecause it
was &out to be administered via traditional mans) t (2) to prepare d
executearesearch design for cmparing the two form of administration: (3)
towllectdata; (4) toanalyzethedataanddescribetheres~lts;ard (5) to
prcvide recommendations for further reseaxhanddevel~t.
Thecxxqzuter~jobinvento~ foruse inthesurveywasdevelopedusing
Microsoft~s QuickBasic version 4.5. ThisthirdgenerationlanguageallcxJedUs
towrite, testandplace scftware inthe field inlessthan fmrweeks.
Modular develmt and formtive evaluation were used throughout this
Pro==.
Thesoftwareconsistsoftwo ir&pendentmAulesthatare chained
together. The firstn&uleccnta~~eBiographicdl and Backgrounasections
of the survey, and has 13 subpmcedums and 2576 lines of code. Ihe second
mduleisthemty-TaskSectionandhas18 WW al-d 1341lines of
code. Itcontainstwomajorprmedmes: thefirsthasthejobinclnnbent
reviewingeachof407 tasksandidentifyingthetasksperformedinhisorher
job; thesecondprocedure has the job immibent rating relative time spent,
with a
nine-point scale, onlythosetasksidentified inthe firstpe.
Inbothprmedmesthe incmbentsmd 'backup' tirevieworchangeansw~
and ratings.