DTIC AD0418980: EFFICIENCY OF THE OPEN ENDED pdf

DTIC AD0418980: EFFICIENCY OF THE OPEN ENDED

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Checklists of tasks included in an Air Force specialty are used to collect job information from incumbents, with provision for them to write in tasks they perform which are not listed. This study investigated methods of selecting incumbents and presenting the checklist to produce the most complete and accurate task inventory. Incumbents of 4 AFSCs (Ground Radio Operator, Automotive Repairman, Aircraft Hydrau lic Repairmen, Accounting and Finance Specialist) were selected to be representative of commands and geographic location. Portions of the samples were given inventory forms that intentionally omitted some tasks known to be part of the job. From a tally of write-ins, rate of retrieval of omitted tasks and expected production of new task statements were computed for 3 sample sizes (20, 40, 60) within each AFSC. By extrapolating curves fitted to the data, it was estimated that samples of 100 incumbents would yield 85% of the task statements produced by the full sample (360).

About 25% wrote in no additional tasks, 50% no more than 3, and only rare individuals over 20. Multiple regression analyses revealed no effective combination of predictors to identi fy productive individuals. Aircraft Hydraulic Repairmen produced the least, Accounting and Finance Specialists the most new statements

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 3/1/1963
• Year: 1963
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Fruchter, Benjamin, TEXAS UNIV AT AUSTIN, *JOB ANALYSIS, CLASSIFICATION, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

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