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The SAT still has good predictive validity but could be augmented with other fitness tests.

• The majority of Air Force Career Field Managers (CFMs) who responded to a survey are satisfied with the current SAT requirements for the AFSCs they manage.
• Available measures are largely insufficient for conducting the statistical tests needed to evaluate the relationships between SAT scores, performance, and injuries.
• Analysis indicates that adding the Arm Endurance test to the SAT adds the most validity of any test.
• Analyses consistently found support for the predictive validity of the SAT and the related fitness tests evaluated in the study.

The Air Force uses the Strength Aptitude Test (SAT) to determine whether recruits meet the fitness levels needed to perform the duties of various Air Force specialties with physical strength requirements. However, the SAT was developed in the early 1980s and has not been revalidated since then. In the interim, the duties associated with many Air Force Specialty Code classifications may have changed, and new ones have been added. These changes require a reevaluation of the SAT's utility and effectiveness for qualifying recruits into these specialties. This report evaluates the status and validity of the SAT in a series of studies and summarizes the studies RAND has completed independently and one study conducted in conjunction with HumRRO, which provided the additional data necessary to develop some courses of action for the Air Force to follow to ensure airmen can meet job-related physical requirements.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Manager Views of Benefits and Challenges of SAT

• Chapter Three

  The Validity of SAT Scores

• Chapter Four

  Evaluating the SAT and Related Fitness Tests Using Physical Task Simulations

• Chapter Five

  What are the Physical Requirements to Perform in Different AFSCs?

• Chapter Six

  Summary of Criterion-Related Validation Study

• Chapter Seven

  Courses of Action and Implementation

• Appendix A

  Survey of CFMs on the SAT

• Appendix B

  Email Recruiting Volunteers for Pre-Test

• Appendix C

  Numbers of Airmen and AFSCs that Participated in the Pre-Test (April 15, 2015)

• Appendix D

  Emails Recruiting Volunteers for Reliability and Validation Studies

• Appendix E

  Email sent to Subject-Matter Experts to Identify Physically Demanding Tasks

• Appendix F

  Physical Task Matrix

• Appendix G

  Movement Classification Questionnaire (MCQ)

• Appendix H

  List of AFSCs Interviewed by the RAND Team

• Appendix I

  Survey Items

• Appendix J

  Additional Information About HumRRO's Criterion-Related Validation Study Efforts

• Appendix K

  Technical Background for Additional RAND Analyses