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Author: Dalldorf, Marie R.
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1. Armstrong, Terry R.
Chalupsky, Albert B.
McLaughlin, Donald H.
Dalldorf, Marie R.
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations
Final Report, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Training Systems Division
Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Data Quality/Consistency; Education, Guidance and Counseling; Occupations; Vocational Guidance

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) has been criticized as a high school vocational counseling tool since most validity data are based on criteria specific to military occupations. In an effort to overcome this criticism and encourage wider use of the ASVAB in high schools, this project validated Form 14 of the ASVAB on civilian occupations. The study was designed to use holding a job, rather than job performance, as the criterion. The ASVAB was administered to employees who had been holding a job in one of 12 different occupations that do not require a four year college degree. Analyses of these data were supplemented by existing data from the NLSY and by examining validity data from military occupations that are highly similar to some of the 12 civilian occupations. Results indicate that the ASVAB was able to detect differences among the types of individuals who were members of different occupations. Four significant dimensions of occupational differentiation are discussed. Other analyses yielded information on the interaction of gender, skills, and occupations on the relations between age and ASVAB scores.
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Armstrong, Terry R., Albert B. Chalupsky, Donald H. McLaughlin and Marie R. Dalldorf. "Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery: Validation for Civilian Occupations." Final Report, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988.