A battery of noncognitive tests was developed to improve prediction of Navy enlisted men's performance evaluations. Reported are the results of 1 concurrent validity study and 2 follow-up studies with intervals of 14 and 30 months between testing and performance evaluations. Ss were 125 aviation machinist mates, 128 radiomen, and 117 nuclear power personnel. The study revealed: (a) the experimental tests were independent of the Navy's Basic Test Battery, with the exception of the speeded clerical coding test; (b) the tests were most efficient in identifying men categorized as Below Average in performance; (c) tests attempting to measure persistence beyond minimum standards, decisiveness, and lack of insolence yielded significant prediction of performance. Composite validities about .40 were obtained in the 2 follow-up studies. * Significant beyond the .05 level. ** Significant beyond the .01 level.
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