Technical Guidance for Conducting ASVAB Validation/Standards Studies in the U.S. Navy

Abstract : The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a joint-service battery used by the U.S. military services for enlistment qualification and occupational classification. All of the military services validate the ASVAB from time to time to ensure that composites of the ASVAB tests they use to classify their enlisted members to occupations are the most predictive of military training performance, and that cutscores are set to manage academically related training attrition. The Navy, however, is the only military service to support an operationally focused ASVAB Validation/Standards program. This technical manual is a synthesis of important technical and procedural information used by the Navy in support of the program and is published so that new industrial/organizational psychologists specializing in tests and measurement within the selection and classification context can have a comprehensive set of guidelines when they are assigned to conduct ASVAB validation/standards studies. The companion manual, Introductory Guide for Conducting ASVAB Validation/Standards Studies in the U.S. Navy, should be read first for that context (NPRST-TR-15-1).