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2006  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis Technical Bulletin includes some material that has been published by the American Psychological Association in Computerized Adaptive Testing: From Inquiry to Operation, 1997, edited by William A. Sands, Brian K. Waters, and James McBride. The chapters presented herewith were prepared by government employees and are, therefore, in the public domain:  \nChapter 2  \nSegall, D. O., Moreno, K. E., & Hetter, R. D.  \n\"Item Pool Development and Evaluation\" (pp. 117-130)  \nChapter 3  \nSegall, D. O., Moreno, K. E., Bloxom, B. M., & Hetter, R. D.  \n\"Psychometric Procedures for Administering CAT-ASVAB\" (pp. 131-140)  \nChapter 4  \nHetter, R. D., & Sympson J. B.  \n\"Item Exposure Control in CAT-ASVAB\" (pp. 141-144)  \nChapter 5  \nRafacz, B., & Hetter, R. D.  \n\"ACAP Hardware Selection, Software Development, and Acceptance Testing\"(pp. 145-156)  \nChapter 6  \nHetter, R. D., Segall, D. O., & Bloxom, B. M.  \n\"Evaluating Item Calibration Medium in Computerized Adaptive Testing\"(pp. 161-168)  \nChapter 7  \nMoreno, K. E., & Segall, D. O.  \n\"Reliability and Construct Validity of CAT-ASVAB\" (pp. 169-174)  \nChapter 8  \nWolfe, J. H., Moreno, K. E., & Segall, D. O.  \n\"Evaluating the Predictive Validity of CAT-ASVAB\" (pp. 175-180)  \nChapter 9  \nSegall, D. O.  \n\"Equating the CAT-ASVAB\" (pp. 181-198)  \nChapter 10  \nMoreno, K. E.  \n\"CAT-ASVAB Operational Test and Evaluation\" (pp. 199-206)  \nChapter 11  \nUnpingco, V., Hom, I., & Rafacz, B.  \n\"Development of a System for Nationwide Implementation\" (pp. 209-218)  \nChapter 12  \nSegall, D. O.  \n\"The Psychometric Comparability of Computer Hardware\" (pp. 219-226)  \nTable of Contents i  \nASVAB Technical Bulletin No. 1―Table of Contents  \nChapter 1 Introduction to CAT-ASVAB ............................................................... 1-1  \nChapter 2 CAT-ASVAB Item Pool Development and Evaluation ...................... 2-1  \nDevelopment and Calibration........................................................................... 2-2  \nPrimary Item Banks ................................................................................. 2-2  \nSupplemental Item Bank.......................................................................... 2-4  \nItem Reviews ........................................................................................... 2-5  \nOptions Format Study .............................................................................. 2-6  \nDimensionality.................................................................................................. 2-13  \nStatistical Factor Significance ............................................................... 2-16  \nFactor Interpretation .............................................................................. 2-17  \nItem Difficulties ..................................................................................... 2-18  \nFactor Correlations................................................................................. 2-20  \nChoosing Among Alternative Approaches ............................................ 2-20  \nResults and Discussion .......................................................................... 2-21  \nAlternate Forms............................................................................................. 2-25  \nPrecision Analyses ......................................................................................... 2-26  \nScore Information .................................................................................. 2-29  \nReliability............................................................................................... 2-33  \nSummary ........................................................................................................ 2-36  \nReferences ...................................................................................................... 2-39  \nChapter ","cbCain5tWWdr47No","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain5tWWdr47No","pdf",974018,293,"English","# Chapter 1 Introduction to CAT-ASVAB\n## Overview of CAT-ASVAB\n# Chapter 2 CAT-ASVAB Item Pool Development and Evaluation\n## Development and Calibration\n## Primary Item Banks\n## Supplemental Item Bank\n## Item Reviews\n## Options Format Study\n## Dimensionality\n## Statistical Factor Significance\n## Factor Interpretation\n## Item Difficulties\n## Factor Correlations\n## Choosing Among Alternative Approaches\n## Results and Discussion\n## Alternate Forms\n## Precision Analyses\n## Score Information\n## Reliability\n## Summary\n## References\n# Chapter 3 Psychometric Procedures for Administering CAT-ASVAB\n## Power Test Administration\n## Initial Ability Specification\n## Item Selection\n## Item Administration\n## Provisional Scoring\n## Test Termination\n## Final Scoring\n## Penalty for Incomplete Tests\n## Number-Correct Transformation\n## Seeded Items\n## Speeded Test Administration\n## Administrative Requirements\n## Changing and Confirming an Answer\n## Omitted Responses\n## Screen Time Limits\n## Help Calls\n## Display Format and Speed\n## Summary","[{\"question\":\"What is CAT-ASVAB and what forms does this bulletin cover?\",\"answer\":\"The bulletin addresses CAT-ASVAB and specifies it includes CAT-ASVAB Forms 1 and 2 within ASVAB Technical Bulletin No. 1.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of topics are covered in Chapter 2?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 2 focuses on item pool development and evaluation, including calibration, item banks, item reviews, options format studies, dimensionality, factor analysis, difficulties, correlations, and reliability.\"},{\"question\":\"What psychometric and administrative procedures are described for administering CAT-ASVAB?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 3 details power test administration, ability specification, item selection and administration, scoring steps, test termination, penalties, transformations, seeded items, speeded administration, administrative requirements, response handling, and screen/help constraints.\"}]","ASVAB Technical Bulletin No. 1 - CAT-ASVAB Forms 1 & 2 - Introduction to CAT-ASVAB | PDF",738]