The current selection tool used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps for its aviation officer program is a paper-and-pencil test that measures academic aptitude. There are no other tests in operational use that measure the psychomotor skills and cognitive processing skills that aviators need to fly. The Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) is currently evaluating the use of such a test. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between the paper-and-pencil Aviation Selection Test Battery that is currently being used and a Computer-Based Performance Test (CBPT). A factor analysis resulted in a four factor model accounting for 66% variance. The four factors measured by the CBPT and ASTB include tracking, quantitative skills, dichotic listening, and spatial abilities. Neither of the test batteries fully loaded on all factors. This indicates that while there are some similarities between the two test batteries (i.e. math skills, spatial apperception), there are also some important differences (e.g. dichotic listening and tracking) between the two test batteries. These differences may prove to be beneficial for future aviation selection tests.
Relationship Between the Aviation Selection Test and a Psychomotor Battery
1998
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Psychology , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Job Training & Career Development , Military Sciences , Officer personnel , Selection , Aviation personnel , Psychomotor tests , Test and evaluation , Marine corps , Skills , Naval personnel , Cognition , Tracking , Computer applications , Aptitude tests , Hearing , Factor analysis , Aviation selection test , Aqi99-07-1402 , Cbpt(Computer based performance test) , Quantitative skills , Dichotic listening , Spatial ability , Test batteries
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