Development and Evaluation of a Videotape Simulation Performance Test

A study was made to determine the feasibility of using videotape as the presentation mode in a simulation performance test of certain tasks in the Army's Carpentry and Masonry MOS. Two sets of procedures -- task selection procedures, and simulation procedures -- were developed which provide det...

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Main Authors: Jennings, Jr , Dan D, Kendall, Anthony W, Robinson, Myron A
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARMY PERSONNEL
AUDIOVISUAL AIDS
CARPENTRY
ENLISTED PERSONNEL
JOB ANALYSIS
MASONRY
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES
Non-radio Communications
PE63731A
PERCEPTION
PERFORMANCE TESTS
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
PERSONNEL SELECTION
Psychology
PSYCHOMOTOR TESTS
QUALIFICATIONS
SIMULATION
SKILL QUALIFICATION TESTS
SKILLS
SPECIALISTS
TASK ANALYSIS
TELEVISION DISPLAY SYSTEMS
TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
VALIDATION
VIDEO TAPE RECORDING
VIDEOTAPE SIMULATION
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Summary:A study was made to determine the feasibility of using videotape as the presentation mode in a simulation performance test of certain tasks in the Army's Carpentry and Masonry MOS. Two sets of procedures -- task selection procedures, and simulation procedures -- were developed which provide detailed guidance to future simulation test developers. A prototype simulation test was developed and validated against general performance ratings and a similar written instrument. The following conclusions were made: (1) application of the procedures enabled the selection of the more appropriate tasks and task elements from a specified field of tasks but required a greater expenditure of human resources than may be typically resident in Army test development activities; (2) the fundamental question of the applicability of audio-visual simulation to test perceptual content was not conclusively answered; and (3) the use of television strictly for testing the perceptual content of lower skill level motor tasks such as those within the Carpentry and Masonry MOS appears somewhat limited; there appears, however, to be a decided favorable attitudinal bias, on the part of the test taken, towards television testing. A companion volume was produced for ARI, 'Guidelines for the Developers of Videotape Simulation Performance tests', P-78-1, which provides detailed guidance for test developers.