Self-Tuition as a Method of Administering the Semantic Test of Intelligence, NQT-4

摘要

The Nonlanguage Qualification Test, NQT-2 and -3, an experimental test developed for the Army, was designed to replace NQT-1. Thus, its main function in the screening process was to be assessment of the military trainability of inductees who have failed the AFQT and demonstrated a low level of literacy on the Verbal-Arithmetic subtest (VA). However, tryouts of NQT-2 and -3 revealed several difficulties in administration. NQT-4X could not be made operational until its correlation with NQT-1 (which it was designed to replace) was determined and alternative methods of scoring had been evaluated. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine if the self-tuition feature of NQT-4X and the novel form of the items were valuable enough to warrant considering the incorporation of these features in other screening tests. This report describes analysis of data obtained in an exploratory administration of NQT-4X to determine the feasibility of the technique employed. If the results were favorable, a full-scale validation and standardization would be undertaken.