Little Incremental Validity for a Special Test of Abstract Symbolic Reasoning in an Air Force Intelligence Career Field

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ID20286108
AuthorsLeasley K Besetsny (Armstrong Laboratory Human Resources Directorate), James A Earles (Armstrong Laboratory Human Resources Directorate), Malcolm James Ree (0000-0003-3922-5269, Armstrong Laboratory Human Resources Directorate)
Year1993
Volume53
Issue4
Pages993-997
Publication date1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013164493053004012
OpenAlexW1982479231
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

This study evaluated the predictive efficiency of the Radio Communication Aptitude Test (RCAT), a classification test used by the United States Air Force. Recruits are classified into two signals intelligence analyses jobs using this special test as well as scores from the general multiple aptitude test battery, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), given to all Air Force applicants. Using a sample of 776 students, linear models analyses were conducted to evaluate incremental validity the RCAT added to the ASVAB or added to psychometric g in the prediction of technical training performance. Although the inclusion of the RCAT resulted in a statistically significant increase to validity of .0165 beyond g, it was not significant in incrementing ASVAB

Aptitude · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Incremental validity · Intelligence quotient · Pedagogy · Predictive validity · Psychometrics · Sample (material) · Test (biology) · Test validity · Vocational education · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

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