Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT): A User Manual

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Abstract:

A joint-service effort is underway to develop a computerized adaptive testing CAT system and to evaluate its potential for replacing the paper-and- pencil Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery, used for military personnel classification and assignment. To enable evaluation of CATs operations, psychometric characteristics, and predictive utility, a prototype system was developed for use in assessing the feasibility of CAT with Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy recruits. This report provides a user manual describing the experimental CAT system hardware and procedures for administering personnel classification tests on the system.

Author(s):
Hardwick, Susan ; Cooper, Ross ; Eastman, Lawrence ; Vicino, Frank L.
Author Organization(s):
NAVY PERSONNEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Aug 1981-Jun 1982
Supplementary Note:
See also Rept. nos. NPRDC-TN-82-22 and NPRDC-TR-82-52, ADA118495. Prepared in collaboration with Rehab Group, Incorporated, San Diego, CA 92106.
Pagination:
0069

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NPRDC-TR-84-32, NPRDC-62-83-10
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00123-81-D-0984
Task Number(s):
ZF63521030
Project Number(s):
F63521
Monitor Series:
NPRDC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.1_Training
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*APTITUDE TESTS, *COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN, *MILITARY PERSONNEL, *TEST METHODS, *USER MANUALS, AUTOMATION, CLASSIFICATION, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE, INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING, MEASUREMENT, PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), PERSONNEL SELECTION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Humanities and History, Psychology, Computer Hardware
Keyword(s):
*CAT(COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING), AUTOMATED TESTING, ASVAB(ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY), PE62763N, WU1010412
Report Date:
1984 Mar 12