Strength testing in the Air Force : : current processes and suggestions for improvements /

Strength testing in the Air Force : : current processes and suggestions for improvements / / Carra S. Sims [et al.]

Since 1987, the Air Force has used the Strength Aptitude Test (SAT), a test of physical strength that uses the incremental lift machine, to screen and classify enlisted personnel into career specialties. In this study RAND evaluated the usefulness, validity, and fairness of the SAT--something not do...

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Rand Corporation
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Sims, Carra S
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Rand Corporation
Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, Ca : : Rand Corporation ;, 2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 112 pages) :; illustrations
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  • Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
  • "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Background and research on the Strength Aptitude Test Observations and interviews at the Military Entrance Processing Stations Strength requirements survey: sample and screener Survey results: actions and movement type Conclusions and recommendations Appendix A: AFSC codes and career field specialty names Appendix B: Additional details on the process currently used to establish SAT cut scores Appendix C: LNCO and recruit interview questions Appendix D: Tabular overview of survey Appendix E: Responses to open-ended survey questions Appendix F: Population and sample characteristics for strength requirements survey

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