During recent years there has been a marked increase in the drop-on-request (DOR) rate among aviation officer candidates (AOC's). This type of attrition has been exceedingly difficult to predict because of a lack of good measures of motivation. This study examines the hypothesis that any substantial discrepancy between aptitude and achievement may well be a product of motivation and that scores based on such discrepancies may be useful in identifying potential DOR's. Quadrant analysis of two independent samples showed the high aptitude-low achievement quadrant to have a higher DOR rate than any other quadrant. It is recommended that this type of analysis be incorporated as a secondary selection tool upon completion of the environmental indoctrination stage of training. (Author)


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    Title :

    Early Aptitude-Achievement Discrepancies as Predictors of Later Voluntary Withdrawal from Naval Aviation Training


    Contributors:
    R. E. Doll (author)

    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English