Armed Services Vocational Battery (ASVAB): Integrative Review of Validity Studies

Welsh, John R.; Kucinkas, Susan K.; Curran, Linda T.

doi:10.21236/ada225074

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“…As seen in Table 1, cases and controls did not differ with respect to age; years of education; or, when obtainable, mental aptitude scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT), a self-administered test taken by all military personnel at induction (Welsh et al, 1990). Study participants were both male and female, had served in all military branches, and included veterans who were on active or activated reserve status at the time of deployment.…”

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Neurobehavioral deficits in Persian Gulf veterans: Evidence from a population-based study

Anger

Storzbach

Binder

et al. 1999

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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Reports of low-concentration nerve gas exposures during the Persian Gulf War have spurred concern about possible health consequences and refocused interest on the symptoms reported by many returning military veterans. The Portland Environmental Hazards Research Center is studying veterans from the Northwest USA who report persistent, unexplained " Persian Gulf" symptoms (cases) or who do not report those symptoms (controls). Of the first 101 veterans studied, cases differed substantially from controls on a broad range of psychological tests indicative of increased distress. A subgroup of cases was identified with objective deficits on neurobehavioral tests of memory, attention, and response speed. (JINS, 1999, 5, 203-212.)

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Neurobehavioral deficits in Persian Gulf veterans: Evidence from a population-based study

Anger

Storzbach

Binder

et al. 1999

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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“…Detailed information about how this variable was created is available in the NLSY97 User's Guide. A significant amount of research has documented the reliability and validity of the ASVAB and the AFQT (Defense Manpower Data Center, 2006;Welsh, Kucinkas, & Curran, 1990). This assessment was administered once during summer or fall 1997 or winter 1998, with the score available in 1999, and was therefore a time-invariant variable.…”

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Factors Predicting Post-High School Employment for Young Adults With Visual Impairments

McDonnall

2010

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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Although low levels of employment among transition-age youth with visual impairments (VI) have long been a concern, empirical research in this area is very limited. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predict future employment for this population and to compare these factors to the factors that predict employment for the general population. Participants in the study were young adults between the ages of 18 and 23 in 2002 whose data were obtained from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Multilevel modeling for longitudinal data was the technique used to analyze 5 years of employment data for the participants. Two models were developed and tested: one for persons with VI and one for the general population. Independent variables found to significantly predict employment for young adults with VI were number of jobs held as a teenager, math and verbal aptitude, parental support, and self-reported health. Participation in school-to-work programs and educational level did not significantly predict employment for this population.Results are compared and contrasted with results for the general population. The importance of having a number of early work experiences while also focusing on academic skills for youth with VI is discussed.

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“…The technical composites of the ASVAB have been proven to measure abilities and skills im-portant to predict membership, training success, satisfaction, and job performance in the following career fields within the military: combat operations, general maintenance, mechanical maintenance, and surveillance and communications (Welsh, Kucinkas and Curran, 1990;Wise et al, 1992). Furthermore, according to Bishop (1988), the universe of skills and knowledge sampled by the mechanical comprehension, auto and shop information, and electronics subtests of the ASVAB roughly corresponds to the vocational fields of technical, trades and industry measured in occupational competency tests.…”

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“…The magnitude of the loading is critical because any factor loading with an absolute value of 0.30 or greater is considered significant(Diekhoff, 1992; Sheskin, 2004, among others).20 Rotation is important because of the indeterminacy of the factor solution in the exploratory factor analysis.21 Other studies have found the presence of two components when analyzing separate components of the ASVAB. SeeWelsh, Kucinkas and Curran (1990) for a review of several factor analysis studies.…”

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One Size does not Fit All: Multiple Dimensions of Ability, College Attendance and Wages

Prada

Urzúa

2014

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We investigate the role of mechanical ability as another dimension that, jointly with cognitive and socio-emotional, affects schooling decisions and labor market outcomes. Using a Roy model with a factor structure and data from the NLSY79, we show that the labor market positively rewards mechanical ability. However, in contrast to the other dimensions, mechanical ability reduces the likelihood of attending four-year college. We find that, on average, for individuals with high levels of mechanical and low levels of cognitive and socio-emotional ability, not attending four-year college is the alternative associated with the highest hourly wage (ages 25-30).

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Armed Services Vocational Battery (ASVAB): Integrative Review of Validity Studies

Cited by 28 publications

References 16 publications

Neurobehavioral deficits in Persian Gulf veterans: Evidence from a population-based study

Neurobehavioral deficits in Persian Gulf veterans: Evidence from a population-based study

Factors Predicting Post-High School Employment for Young Adults With Visual Impairments

One Size does not Fit All: Multiple Dimensions of Ability, College Attendance and Wages

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