This report describes the evaluation of a portion of a new aircrew selection test battery recently developed at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. The results indicate that performance-based test measures can be used to predict flight training performance. Several test measures were reliably related to a pass/fail criterion. These results provide support for the prediction of whether or not a candidate will pass or fail training. The results of a hierarchical multiple regression revealed that scores from three tests, (1) Absolute Difference-Horizontal Tracking, (2) Complex Visual Information, and (3) Risk-taking Task, were generally equivalent in predicting success in primary flight training. Interactions of college major and accession source with derived scores of the three significant tests contributed significant amounts of variability when added to the model. We recommend that the valid tests from this study be implemented for operational use with the AQT/FAR. The use of hierarchical multiple regression with the tests will isolate those specific measures capable of accounting for added and unique variance, beyond that of the AQT/FAR and certain demographic variables, in the prediction of primary flight training course. Aviation selection, Attrition, Prediction, Flight training, Performance-based, Psychomotor tests, Psychological tests.
Evaluation of Performance-Based Tests Designed to Improve Naval Aviation Selection
1991
39 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Sciences , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Job Training & Career Development , Psychology , Flight crews , Performance(Human) , Naval aviation , Attrition , Flight testing , Flight training , Interactions , Laboratories , Medical research , Models , Predictions , Psychological tests , Psychomotor tests , Risk , Test and evaluation , Tracking , Personnel selection
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