Army Personnel Tests and Measurement
Army Personnel Tests and Measurement

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Published: 1953

Total Pages: 131

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The purpose of this manual is to provide an understanding of how the Army applies personnel psychology and statistics to its personnel problems. This manual is addressed to two audiences. The first is composed of those officer and enlisted personnel whose assignments entail responsibility for using personnel measurement techniques and procedures or for instructing others in their use, either in schools or on the job. The second audience consists of officer and enlisted personnel interested in gaining a better understanding of technical aspects of personnel management. Technical content of the manual is treated in the light of practical military personnel problems. The solutions to these problems are difficult; therefore, considerable study and thought will be required of the reader. So far as possible, technical terms have been avoided, but where such terms are used, their meanings are explained.

Military Personnel Measurement
Military Personnel Measurement

Author: Martin F. Wiskoff

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1989-08-07

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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This volume documents military advances in personnel measurement technology and practices. The military is the unquestionable forerunner of this technology. Until now some of this knowledge has not been easily accessible to the scientific community at large. This book highlights advances in enlisted personnel screening and selection from World War I to the present. It foresees the future era of testing, through the use of Item Response Theory, computerized adaptive testing, and the development of new computerized tests. The contributors study the use of computer systems to address person-job match and vocational guidance. They also describe selection to various officer candidate programs and examine the criteria of enlisted performance during peacetime. Military Personnel Measurement covers the full scope of military personnel technology and includes discussions of current topics including: computerized vocational guidance systems; advances in vocational testing; personnel classification; evaluations of enlisted performance. Students and professionals in the areas of personnel management, business administration, military studies, or anyone interested in the use of new technology in the testing and evaluation of personnel, will find Military Personnel Measurement a valuable resource.

Performance Assessment for the Workplace
Performance Assessment for the Workplace

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 030904538X

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Although ability testing has been an American preoccupation since the 1920s, comparatively little systematic attention has been paid to understanding and measuring the kinds of human performance that tests are commonly used to predictâ€"such as success at school or work. Now, a sustained, large-scale effort has been made to develop measures that are very close to actual performance on the job. The four military services have carried out an ambitious study, called the Joint-Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, that brings new sophistication to the measurement of performance in work settings. Volume 1 analyzes the JPM experience in the context of human resource management policy in the military. Beginning with a historical overview of the criterion problem, it looks closely at substantive and methodological issues in criterion research suggested by the project: the development of performance measures; sampling, logistical, and standardization problems; evaluating the reliability and content representativeness of performance measures; and the relationship between predictor scores and performance measuresâ€"valuable information that can also be useful in the civilian workplace.

Performance Assessment for the Workplace, Volume II
Performance Assessment for the Workplace, Volume II

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0309045398

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Volume II covers a number of measurement and analytical issues in greater technical detail, including: range restriction adjustments, methods for evaluating multiple sources of error in measurement, comparing alternative measures of performance, and strategies for clustering military occupations.