A--Responding to Expert Panel Recommendations for improving classification and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) composites research.

NA Defense Contracting Command Washington intends, on behalf of Army Research Institute, to negotiate a purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Joseph Zeidner and Associates. Joseph Zeidner and Associates has specialized and working knowledge in the are a of differential assignment theory. ARI recently convened an Expert Panel brought together to review the classification and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) composites research undertaken by ARI over the last decade. This review focuse d on the work done by Joseph Zeidner and Cecil Johnson and its application by ARI over this period. In this procurement, Joseph Zeidner and Associates will repsond to the issues raised by the Expert Panel during the review. Zeidner and Associates will p repare a Study Report completely describing the methodology and results in completing these five tasks: Task 1. Verify the need for range restriction corrections made in the calculation of AA composite regression weights by measuring the impacts on selec tion and classification efficiency (a) in the absence of corrections (b) with corrections made to the Army input population, and (c) with corrections made back to the youth population; Task 2. Compute validity coefficients for the nine interim composites using two methods: (a) Calculate validities for 150 MOS samples, corrected for restriction in range, and aggregate to composite level. (b) Utilize the regression weights previously provided to compute composite scores and the correlation of these scores with the criterion; Task 3. Within triple cross-validation design, conduct simulation experiment to compute unbiased estimates of mean predicted performance (MPP) for the nine interim and the 17 new AA composites, as derived from the seven-subtest ASVAB. Also, provide separate estimates with hierarchical effects removed; Task 4. Extend the earlier fairness analyses to the 9 / 17 composites as derived from the seven-subtest ASVAB; Task 5. Follow the panel's suggestions on the fairness issue: (a) prov ide descriptive charts that show levels of expected performance within MOS at fixed test scores on the composites for the relevant comparison groups; (b) conduct more formal Cleary type analyses. POC: Alyssa Murray, Contracting Officer, +1 (555) 000-0000; fax: +1 (555) 000-0000; Email: contact@example.gov See FedBizOpps Note 22