Some history of the Army General Classification Test.

Harrell, Thomas W.

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.77.6.875

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“…The AGCT enabled the accurate assessment and assignment of personnel to the new military organizations that were quickly emerging after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Approximately 12 million soldiers, specialists, and officers were classified based on the results of the AGCT, an intelligence test that was “designed to measure how well one could learn to be a solider” (Harrell, , p. 875).…”

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The field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: An early example of translational research

Provenzano-Hass

2017

J Appl Biobehavioral Res

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The purpose of this article was to introduce the discipline of Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology and discuss its connection with translational research. I/O Psychology is dedicated to improving the lives of people at work, and maintaining the communication between science and practice has been key to the success of that endeavor. A discussion on some of the more heavily researched I/O topics is presented, along with a discussion on the application of I/O in the form of organizational interventions. It is hoped that this article will contribute to the current discussion on translational research among the biomedical and biobehavioral fields and also be used as a resource for those seeking to improve the functioning of their organizations.

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Section: What Is Industrial and Organization (I/o) Psychology?mentioning

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The field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: An early example of translational research

Provenzano-Hass

2017

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“…For evaluation purposes, the same questions were used as in study 1. The intelligence test IST-70 is an enhanced German version of the Army General Classification Test (AGCT; Harrell, 1992) which is in extensive use in Germany, especially for selecting apprentices. Retest reliability of the IST-70 is .94.…”

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Improving Participants' Evaluations while Maintaining Validity by a Work Sample‐ Intelligence Test Hybrid

Klingner¹,

Schuler²

2004

Int J Selection Assessment

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A type of selection measure is presented which combines the psychometric characteristics of an intelligence test with the surface and content validity characteristics of a work sample for clerical occupations. Consequently, this measure -AZUBI-BK -is more positively evaluated by participants than a conventional measure of general mental ability (N 5 1375). Preferences for the work sample-intelligence test hybrid applied for potential applicants from different school types, for job-experienced as well as for inexperienced subjects and for members of the ethnic majority as well as for ethnic minorities. AZUBI-BK showed high correlations with total scores (uncorrected r 5.77 and .73) and corresponding factors of two intelligence tests, respectively. Criterion-related validity was equal to the reference measure in predicting theoretical examinations (uncorrected r 5.61) and higher in predicting supervisory ratings (uncorrected r 5.43). In the latter case, the new instrument shows incremental validity over an intelligence test but not vice versa; in a regression equation, AZUBI-BK can fully account for the variance in supervisory assessment. Adverse impact of AZUBI-BK for ethnic minorities is small which, however, was also true for a conventional intelligence test.

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“…It was also used to select men for officer candidate schools. The AGCT measured verbal, quantitative, and spatial aptitudes (Harrell, 1992). …”

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Development of a Personal Computer-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (PC-EPAS)

Greenston¹,

Mower²,

Walker³

et al. 2001

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Public reporting burden for this collection of information it estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 10704-0188), Washington, DC 20503. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)REPORT DATE October 2001 REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVEREDFinal, Aug. 1997 -May 1999 TITLE AND SUBTITLE Development of a Personal Computer-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (PC-EPAS) AUTHOR(S)Peter M. Greenston (U. S SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)This report summarizes the development of the PC-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS) through completion of the Functional Description phase (circa 1998). EPAS is a software system designed to introduce person-job-match optimization into REQUEST, the Army's training reservation system. This report reflects the results of research conducted and sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute over the 1993 -1998 period. This work established the feasibility of using sophisticated optimization procedures to improve classification efficiency, as well as the additional classification gains made possible by utilizing measures of soldier performance as assignment composites in the classification process. The production version of EPAS, designed as an enhancement to and subsystem of REQUEST, will be transparent to Army applicant and career counselor. Evaluation field-testing is scheduled for FY 2002-2003. 14. SUBJECT Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. in FOREWORDClassification is the process of assigning new enlisted personnel to initial job training in the Army. Investigations of improved methods for doing this have been a prominent part of the research program of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) since shortly after World War II. The immediate antecedent of this work was ARI's Project B research, conducted over the 1982 -1989 period, which led to the testing of a mainframe prototype. PC prototype development began in the fall of 1993 and was largely completed by the spring of 1997, at which time the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER) recommended that ARI continue the work and move toward implementation. This report summarizes the development of a Personal Computer-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS), designed to enhance the effectiveness of classification, at the point at which the Functional Description (FD) was co...

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Some history of the Army General Classification Test.

Cited by 33 publications

References 7 publications

The field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: An early example of translational research

The field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: An early example of translational research

Improving Participants' Evaluations while Maintaining Validity by a Work Sample‐ Intelligence Test Hybrid

Development of a Personal Computer-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (PC-EPAS)

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