AIMS Test - What is it?

[TFore]

Can anyone inform me as to what the AIMS test is? I was informed today that I have to take it.
Thanks,
Tyler

[Da-Chief]

Hmmm...
Do you "AIMS" to Please..

HAH!! I KILL MYSELF SOMETIMES!!
Ok.. We will try to figure this out.. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

[TFore]

Thanks, Chief! :)

[Da-Chief]

Tfore, your a Depp'er correct? We are going to have Recruiters on our "ATTACK OF DA-CHIEF" show Wednesday Night.. Let me know.. PM me your full question.

D/C

[8404]

Not sure if this is the same as what you're talking about.

Aptitude Inventory Measurement Service

The basic purpose of AIMS is the scientific study of human behavior based on accurate measurements. It has the larger, more pragmatic goal of planning a happier and more successful future.


As individuals are tested, information about their traits becomes the primary source of data for the research program. The knowledge derived from this research benefits AIMS program participants who are making educational and vocational decisions.


Source: http://www.aimstesting.org/aboutaims.html

[TFore]

Tfore, your a Depp'er correct? We are going to have Recruiters on our "ATTACK OF DA-CHIEF" show Wednesday Night.. Let me know.. PM me your full question.

D/C

Yes Sir, I'm a Depp'er. I'll pm you with my full question right away.



Not sure if this is the same as what you're talking about.


Aptitude Inventory Measurement Service

The basic purpose of AIMS is the scientific study of human behavior based on accurate measurements. It has the larger, more pragmatic goal of planning a happier and more successful future.


As individuals are tested, information about their traits becomes the primary source of data for the research program. The knowledge derived from this research benefits AIMS program participants who are making educational and vocational decisions.


Source: http://www.aimstesting.org/aboutaims.html (http://www.aimstesting.org/aboutaims.html)


Thank you for the info.

[8404]

TFore:

I received some additional information, with regards to the AIMS test. The test is an Army test and given to applicants who are enlisting with a GED diploma. The Navy utilizes it when an applicant may have been home schooled.

[TFore]

Oh, okay. I was home schooled so I guess that's why I'll be taking it.

[8404]

Okay, I've finally located the real scoop!

Understanding and Improving the Assessment of Individual Motivation (AIM) in the Army's GED Plus Program (http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA420227)

Abstract : The Assessment of Individual Motivation (AIM) test was developed by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) to assess work-related temperament characteristics. In February 2000, the Army implemented AIM as a new market-expansion enlistment screening tool under the "GED Plus" program. Under this program, no%high school diploma graduates who might otherwise be ineligible for military service can enlist if they score sufficiently high on the AIM and meet other program requirements. This project addressed several operational issues pertaining to AIM's ongoing use in the GED Plus program. Post-implementation investigations have included (a) a preliminary examination of the operational AIM's validity against attrition under the GED Plus program, (b) the scaling of AIM alternate forms, (c) an examination of variables that might be used to supplement AIM in the prediction of first-term attrition, (d) fairness analyses, and (e) efforts to develop improved ways to score the AIM.

Click here to review or download the Study Notes for ADA420227 (193 pages) (http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA420227&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf)

[TFore]

Thank you, very, very much! I greatly appreciate all of the help that y'all have provided.
-Tyler

[8404]

Tyler;

We AIM to please! ;)

[TFore]

I’m scheduled to take the test tomorrow around 11:00 at Ft. Sam Houston. I’ll make sure to stop in and let everyone know how it went and provide any details that I can for other Depp’ers that might have to take it.

Thank you all once again for the help. I greatly appreciate it.
-Tyler

[TFore]

I finished up with the AIMS test today and will post a write up of what it was like later on tonight. I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that it went just fine.
-Tyler

This is a rather late edit, but I figure the information is still valuable.

The AIMS test is a multiple choice style test where you are given four examples/character traits and are to choose what example is most like you, and what example is least like you. In a nutshell, that's it. It's very simple, and if you are one that has to take it, there's no need to be worried about it whatsoever. I believe that I finished in less than 20 minutes.