Introduction The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. It is often offered to US high school students when they are in the 10th, 11th and 12th grade, though anyone… Read More
Introduction The Army Beta 1917 is the non-verbal complement of the Army Alpha – a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six other committee members to evaluate some 1.5 million military recruits in the United States during World War I. The Army used it to evaluate illiterate, unschooled, and non-English speaking army recruits. It… Read More
Introduction The Army Alpha is a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six others in order to evaluate the many US military recruits during World War I. It was first introduced in 1917 due to a demand for a systematic method of evaluating the intellectual and emotional functioning of soldiers. The test measured “verbal… Read More
Introduction The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) has a long history that runs parallel with research and means for attempting the assessment of intelligence or other abilities. Background World War I and World War II created the need for this type of testing and provided a large body of test subjects. The early emphasis (World… Read More
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