I__. - International Military Testing Association

Tosunmmrize, informationgeneratedfrranthesecondmodule includedthe
identificationoftasksperfoxmdby incmbents intheirpresentjobandtime
ratingdata foreachtask. !Iheprqzmalsocollectsdataontheammntof
t~~inus~thenrodule,hcrwroaniytimesan~tbacked~and
changeda-, andhcwmanyerror messageswerewrittmtothescrem.
Alldatawerewrittenouttodata filesamlcapbredon floppy disk.
F&sear&Design
Ihetwotieper&ntvariableswereformandsquence: thetwofomswere
paper/pencil (P) and amputer-based (C); and the three types of sequence
were: (1) P f011Wed by P, (2) P follmed by c, and (3) c follcweq by P. _.
(Note: Although a fcurth variation of C folluwed by C would have been
desirable, it was a condition of using this population that all persms had
totakeapaper/pencilsumey.. Wejudgedthataskingairm2ntotakethesame
~~~~~timeswouldaffectreliabilityofthedata.)
Test/m-testplxlc&WS were used for cmparing the two survey
achninistrationsandeachrespondentservedashisorher~control. tis
wasnecessaryasno~ioncauldbemadeabcortthecentrdl~~and
dispersion of scorn. EachresporxBnthadauniquepatternofresponseswhi~
describeiihisorherjob.
me three trehnents were:
Time 1 (Tl)
Treatment #l..... P follWe5 by P (P-P)
Treatment #2..... P II 11 c (P-c)
Treatment #3..... c II 81 P (C-P)
~hne2 (T2) Oric&alN
Inte.n~ofelapsedtimebetweenadmini&mtions, anumbrof factorswere
considered. A reviewoftheliteraturegenerallysupportedthedecisionthat
alapseoftwotofaurweeksbetweentimeoneandtime~wlouldbe
acceptable.
!I~E purpcse of treatment #I (P-P) was to prwvide a baseline against whiti
theather~~~~dbeccanparedwithrespecttothevariabilityof
i3?st/re-test. Althcughaperfectmatiwasnotexpected,areasonablyhigh
matchwas anticipated, as jobs seldmchangemch intwoweeks.
~eP-Can;iC-P~~~prwidedccsnparisondatato examine effects due
to form of administration. For exanp?le, the second survey might yield a
hi~~nwlberoftaskssel~thanthefirst,sincethefirstacbninistration
might sensitize imumbents to the nature of their jobs. However, this effect
couldbecon.fouMed fortheP-CandC-Psequ~because itispossiblethat
allCadmini&rationswouldyieldahighern~~b~rof responsesbecaUseC
mspoMentswereforcedtolookateach separatetask,whereaSwiththepaper
versiontheymightaccidentallysmnpasta relevanttasksta~t.
2Mministration and Data Collection
AboutMay24, the traditional P.suveywasdispat&edAirFo rce-wide by
CMSQusingtraditionalmxms andmethodsofdistribution. The first
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