Comparison of Air Force Aptitude Indexes With Corresponding Talent Test Composites

摘要

Since 1946, Air Force selection tests have been standardized to the World War II draft-eligible population. Nationwide norms for male 18-year-olds and 12th grade students, as of I960, have been determined for composites of Project TALENT tests selected to cor¬respond to the 4 aptitude indexes derived from the Airman Qualifying Examination (AQE). In this study, 8 airman samples took the AQE and the selected TALENT tests to provide data for distributing scores on AQE that will rank recruits in terms of the full range of talent in the draft-eligible population. These conversion tables make it pos¬sible to standardize new tests directly to the I960 population.