ASVAB Validation: Master at Arms (MA) ASVAB Standards for Navy Enlisted Rating Entry

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Abstract:

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a joint-service test battery used by the U.S. military services for enlistment selection and occupational classification decisions. The military services validate the ASVAB periodically to ensure that the composites of ASVAB tests used to classify enlisted members to occupations are the most predictive of important training performance measures, and that cutscores are set to manage academically related setbacks and failures. This report contains an evaluation of the ASVAB standards for the Navy's Master at Arms (MA) rating. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine if a revision in the standards could improve (a) MA A-School performance to include what is called First Pass Pipeline Success (FPPS, graduating without an academic setback), (b) qualification rates, and (c) diversity. Analyses showed that all three could be improved by revision of the operational standards.

Author(s):
Parham, Shaneka ; Held, Janet D. ; Blanco, Tom
Author Organization(s):
Perspecta; S and T Consulting and Program Management
Funding Organization(s):
Navy Selection and Classification Office, Arlington , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Technical Report
Publication Date:
2022 May 30
Pagination:
22

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TR-22-02
Contract Number(s):
N00189-17-D-Z016
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Cyber
Communities of Interest:
Cyber
Descriptor(s):
information science, program management, data science, databases, knowledge management, standards, training, recruiting, statistical tests, statistics, applied psychology, behavioral sciences, classification, correlation analysis, equations, management personnel, organizational structure
Keyword(s):
ASVAB(Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), selection and classification, Navy ASVAB validation/rating entry standards, validity coefficients, cutscores, diversity
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Military Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Jul 12
Update Date:
2022 Sep 09