Talk:Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

message: The definition of the composite scores for this article are outdated as of 2002.  Someone should update them.  And it'd also be nice if someone could provide additional informtion on how the VE score is calculated.  Could we get a copy of this table that the article references? - Shaheenjim 23:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Update required

message: The airforce personnel Center has a report builder tool for demographics reports:
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/vbin/broker8.exe?_program=ideas.IDEAS_Step1.sas&_service=vpool1&_debug=0
I see the AFWT as a report category for enlisted men, but I do not see it for officers.  Is this test used uniformly to place all armed forces personnel or only enlisted men?
24.206.125.213 20:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Testing for officers

message: and what is VE on the standard scores? - Unsigned comment by 172.192.150.179
It's mentioned in the "Armed Forces Qualification Test" section that VE = VE = PC + WK.
It's listed under "Standard Scores" as Verbal Expression (VE). 70.230.148.247 (talk) 05:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: my PC score is 63, my WK score is 67, my VE score is 66.  therefore it isn't quite as simple as adding the scores together, though averaging them works.--99.189.233.36 (talk) 04:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  You add PC + WK then look the result up in a table that gives you the VE. Todd Carnes (talk) 19:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: VE

message: What is AS? It is referred to many times in the Composite Scores section, but I do not see it defined anywhere. 70.230.148.247 (talk) 05:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: AS is a combination of AI and SI, i don't how it is derived (added, averaged, gained from chart, etc.).  the ASVAB website said so, although it said the computer version doesn't lump them together, which is probably true when you take the test, but my printout from a MEPS simply has AS.--99.189.233.36 (talk) 04:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: AS

message: Are the standard scores percentiles? - Unsigned comment by 172.192.150.179
The standard scores are not percentiles,they are the comparison with the people who took the test. The percentile scores compare you to everyone else in the nation who is in your catagory (grade, age, ect.)StormTrooper2011 (talk) 14:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Are these percentiles?

message: Isnt the required score to join the air force 50? - Unsigned comment by AceMan14
:Updated all required scores except for the Air National Guard, current as of yesterday. Cliffsteinman (talk) 18:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Air Force requirements

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message: I am in the process of researching the military with the intent to join and have gotten different answers almost everywhere I go.
For example, the Air Force website says you can join with a GED and an ASVAB score of 65. A recruiter told me a score of 60. And in an on-line chat with someone (over the site), they said that you can not join with a GED period, no matter how high you score. A similar thing happened for the Army. I haven't researched any other branches. DanielDPeterson (talk) 09:08, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: check out this site. It tells you just about everything you need to know about minimums for ASVAB and GED issues. Cliffsteinman (talk) 07:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

text: I used to be a recruiter and I can tell you why you're coming across this problem. It's because the requirements change on an almost daily basis sometimes. Recruiter's work on a quota system. The powers that be decide we need X number of people to maintain our readiness levels. Then they say that means that we need Y number of recruits from each of our recruiters this month. As the month progress they keep looking at how far from goal they are. If they don't like what they see they tend to either a) lower the recruiter's goals or (more likely) b) lower their requirements in order to meet their goals. The first of the month comes and everything starts all over again. I used to see especially large swings in the requirements amongst the Army recruiters, but all the branches do it to one extent or another.Todd Carnes (talk) 19:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove the "Standards for Enlistment" section 

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message: The composite scores in the Navy section list AI as one of the components required in the composite score's formula. However, nowhere is the meaning of AI explained.Todd Carnes (talk) 19:44, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: see next question for the summary answer  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.220.208 (talk) 03:17, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is AI? 

message: The article switches back and forth between these two abbreviations without explaining the difference.  Are they equivalent?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.39.171 (talk) 01:38, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  ASVAB? AFQT? 

message: From my point of view, you certainly are to be congratulated. This is the closest I have have come to finding interpretations of the subject areas from my 1968 DA FORM 1811 filed with my DD FORM 214. I have been searching for a very long time. Of course, I'm not much closer to interpreting the scores either at this point. In addition to the categories that do match my form there are quite a few not listed. Here's my list (with scores): 
COA - - -
COB - - -
EL  115   Electronics
GM  115   General Maintenance
MM  109   Motor Maintenance
CL  114   Clerical
GT  118   General Technical
RC  129   Radio Code
IN  121   Infantry
AE  105   Armor-Artillery-Engineering
 
28 Jul 66 Fort Dix NJ
If you do not believe these categories are possible enhancements to your coverage of the topic, perhaps you might be so kind as to direct me to another site that might be a better place for my purposes. 
Much thanks and best wishes.  RonB
Thank you RonB. This posting has the same codes as my AFQT form DA 1811 from 1969. I have wondered what those codes mean. Now, if I could only find out what the numbers represent. DW Bry  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DW Bry (talk • contribs) 01:23, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1966 Aptitude Area Scores of the Army Classification Battery AR AS 

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. (non-admin closure)  ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 20:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery →  – I'd say that the abbreviation is used more than ever. As shown with this ngram, "ASVAB" is used far more than "Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery". Additionally, the ngram indicates a continued increase of usage of "ASVAB" and a continued decrease of usage of "Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery". How says everyone? Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 20:25, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

text: Support. Yep. Schierbecker (talk) 07:56, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 20 March 2023