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Source: Military Testing Association
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1. Eitelberg, Mark J.
Laurence, Janice H.
Waters, Brian K.
Sellman, Wayne S.
Subpopulation Analyses of Current Youth Aptitudes
Proceedings, Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association 2 (1981): 1618-1626.
Also: http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t3&id=ADP001426
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Education; Gender Differences; Geographical Variation; Profile of American Youth; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

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This paper describes the subpopulation analyses that will appear in a forthcoming report on the Profile of American Youth. In 1980, the Department of Defense and the Military Services, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, sponsored a large-scale research project to assess the vocational aptitudes of American youth. A national probability sample of approximately 12,000 young men and women, selected from participants in the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of Youth Labor Force Behavior, were administered the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The results will be analyzed to identify subgroup differences in test performance. The subgroup variables selected for analysis are age, sex, race/ethnicity, level of education, socioeconomic status, and geographic region. Subgroup comparisons will be made on the basis of Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores, ASVAB composite scores, and an estimate of reading ability. The ASVAB scores will also be used to estimate the numbers and percent of 1980 youth population subgroups eligible for military enlistment, based on 1981 Service aptitude standards.
Bibliography Citation
Eitelberg, Mark J., Janice H. Laurence, Brian K. Waters and Wayne S. Sellman. "Subpopulation Analyses of Current Youth Aptitudes." Proceedings, Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association 2 (1981): 1618-1626.
2. Sellman, Wayne S.
Laurence, Janice H.
Aptitude Testing in DOD and the Profile of American Youth Study
Proceedings, Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association (October 1981): 1627-1635.
Also: http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t3&id=ADP001427
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Profile of American Youth; Research Methodology; Tests and Testing

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This paper provides a brief discussion of aptitude testing in the Department of Defense and the rationale for Defense sponsorship of the Profile of American Youth Study. Also described is the historical development of the current version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), as well as its enlistment eligibility composite, the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). The aptitude profile study involved administration of the 1980 version of the ASVAB to a national probability sample of approximately 12,000 young men and women ages 16 and 23. The young people sampled were participants in the NLSY sponsored by the Department of Labor. The methodology, sampling procedures, test administration, and data quality controls used in the execution of the Profile of American Youth study are described. [NTIS AD-P001-427-4]
Bibliography Citation
Sellman, Wayne S. and Janice H. Laurence. "Aptitude Testing in DOD and the Profile of American Youth Study." Proceedings, Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association (October 1981): 1627-1635.