A Bibliographic Database for the History of Pilot Training Selection

Howse, William R.; Damos, Diane L.

doi:10.21236/ada553711

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“…Third, the references sections of the collected articles were checked for additional AFOQT papers. Finally, previous meta-analyses and a narrative review that assessed pilot ability testing (e.g., Hunter & Burke, 1994; Lynch, 1991; Martinussen, 1996; Paullin, Katz, Bruskiewicz, Houston, & Damos, 2006) as well as Howse and Damos’s (2011) bibliographic database were inspected for more studies.…”

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Predictive Validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) for Pilot Performance

ALMamari

Traynor

2020

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors

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Abstract. The Air Force Qualifying Test (AFOQT) has been the primary selection test battery for officer candidates in the US Air Force since 1953. Despite a wealth of literature on the validity of the AFOQT in predicting pilot performance, there is less evidence on its validity generalization. This study investigated the predictive validity of 16 AFOQT subtests and its Pilot composite via psychometric meta-analytic procedures. Based on 32 independent samples from 26 studies, results indicated that pilot performance is best predicted by subtests indicative of perceptual speed, aviation-related aptitude and knowledge, and quantitative ability constructs, and least predicted by subtests indicative of verbal ability construct. Evidence for validity generalization of AFOQT subtests is presented, and implications for practical use are discussed.

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Predictive Validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) for Pilot Performance

ALMamari

Traynor

2020

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors

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“…The reference lists of studies retrieved were reviewed for additional studies, which were subsequently obtained. Further, a manual search was carried out in the key journals in aviation, including The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology , Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors , and International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies , as well as in the annual conference abstracts presented by the International Military Testing Association and studies included in the Howse and Damos () bibliographic database.…”

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“…We chose in this study to focus on the aviation occupation, one of the largest consumers of TBs, in an attempt to review the role of TBs' composite scores in selection and assessment, as well as to evaluate their utility and effectiveness for predicting future performance. We found aviation an appropriate field for this investigation due to the long history of TBs' use in pilot selection (e.g., Bates, Colwell, King, Siem, & Zelenski, ; Carretta, ; Damos, , ; Howse & Damos, ; Olson, Walker, & Phillips, ; Paullin, Katz, Bruskiewicz, Houston, & Damos, ; Retzlaff, King, & Callister, ; Russell, Reynolds, & Campbell, ), and the wide variety of tests available for the study that cover several domains of cognitive abilities commonly assessed during the pilot selection process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Multiple test batteries as predictors for pilot performance: A meta‐analytic investigation

ALMamari

Traynor

2019

Int J Selection Assessment

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Test Batteries (TBs) have a long history of use in pilot selection. The extent to which TBs predict future pilot performance has important implications. The existing pilot‐related psychometric meta‐analyses have focused primarily on scores of individual ability tests, rather than the combined scores composited from multiple ability tests. The objective of this study was to investigate the predictive validity of TBs' composite scores for several criteria of pilot performance. Informed by the Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory, we proposed a classification scheme of six categories representing the most common composite scores in selection assessment: Acquired Knowledge, Perceptual Processing, Motor Abilities, Controlled Attention, General Ability, and Work Sample. For overall pilot performance, based on 267 correlations from 118 independent samples, results showed that the six categories of TBs are valid predictors (Meanr = .10–.34), and at least five of them have validity that is likely to generalize across selection contexts.

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“…The military itself has a long history of developing measures of mental ability or cognitive skills for personnel selection; beginning with World War I (Zeidner & Drucker, 1988). Efforts continue to the present to develop measures that will provide better selection tools for military branches and occupational specialties (e.g., Allen &Young, 2012;Heffner, Campbell, & Drasgow, 2011;Howse & Damos (2011); Knapp & Tremble, 2007;Zook, 1996). A variety of variables can be used for selection purposes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prior Knowledge Assessment Guide

Stallings¹,

Dyer²,

Wampler³

et al. 2014

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The goal of Army instructors is to deliver the best possible instructional experience so students can increase their knowledge and transfer it to their duty positions. A major means of accomplishing this goal is to tailor training to the individual student, a concept espoused in the Army Learning Model. In order to tailor training, one must first identify the critical differences that distinguish individuals who are likely to have problems with course content vs. those who will not. One objective of ARI's tailored training research is to identify measures which predict student performance in a variety of courses with different student populations. In agreement with the research literature, relevant prior knowledge has been consistently found to be the best predictor of later performance. It was also determined that experienced instructors had a good understanding of what prior knowledge was relevant for their courses. The purpose of the guide documented in this report is to provide instructors the tools necessary for developing appropriate assessments of prior knowledge, to determine whether these assessments are a good predictor of course performance, and to show them how to apply prior knowledge and course performance data to identify the students who could benefit from tailored training.

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A Bibliographic Database for the History of Pilot Training Selection

Cited by 6 publications

References 111 publications

Predictive Validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) for Pilot Performance

Predictive Validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) for Pilot Performance

Multiple test batteries as predictors for pilot performance: A meta‐analytic investigation

Prior Knowledge Assessment Guide

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