If you receive a score of 70, you have scored two standard deviations above the mean, and so on. Your AFQT score specifically determines if you are eligible for enlistment in the military.
Each branch of the military has a different minimum AFQT score requirement, listed below:. Check with your recruiter for more details on this in regards to your desired branch. The scores are shown as percentiles, which is a similar concept to the standard score scoring method. The score you see is based on the number of questions you answered correctly compared to other test takers, and ranges from a percentile score of one to This model represents the probability that an examinee at a given level of ability will respond correctly to an individual item with given characteristics.
The characteristics used are difficulty, discrimination and guessing this refers to the likelihood that a very low ability examinee would respond correctly simply by guessing. For the purpose of scoring, any unanswered items are treated as incorrect. Equating studies are conducted for every paper and pencil ASVAB form to ensure that scores have the same meaning regardless of which test form the examinee receives.
The scores are shown as percentiles, which is a similar concept to the standard score scoring method. The score you see is based on the number of questions you answered correctly compared to other test takers, and it ranges from a percentile score of one to Composite scores, also called line scores, help determine which military job is right for you, and some composite scores are required for certain jobs and branches.
This is part of the classification process, which matches new recruits to specific jobs and branches they may perform well in. According to the official ASVAB website, "Each service develops and validates its own set of composites based on the combination of subtests that are most highly correlated with on-the-job performance for clusters of occupations.
To break this down, each branch of the military determines which skills are most important in the branch. Specific subtests are chosen to evaluate a candidate's knowledge of these particular skills. A computational formula is applied that combines the standard scores of these chosen subtests. You will receive 10 of these scores calculated from the computational formulas on your score report.
Composite score categories, their acronyms and formulas used to compute them are listed below:. Understanding how your ASVAB scores are calculated will help you be strategic when studying, so you can focus on specific areas you want to do well in, and feel especially ready to attack the AFQT sections.
Overall, knowing how your ASVAB scores apply to your potential enlistment, position and rank will make the testing process much less confusing and more productive. Be sure to get the latest news about the military, as well as critical info about how to join and all the benefits of service.
Subscribe to Military. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Table of Contents Expand. Table of Contents. The Subtests. Two Types of Tests. By Stewart Smith. Learn about our editorial policies. Updated on April 08, Standard Score Percentile AFQT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
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