Development of a Peer Comparison Procedure for the U.S. Army Aviation Officer Advanced Course

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la. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION lb. RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS Unclassified-2a. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF REPORT-__Approved for public release; 2b. DECLASSIFICATION I DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE distribution is unlimited. 4. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) S. MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) AS1690-320-89 ARI Research Report 1549 6a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION [6b. OFFICE SYMBOL 7a. NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION Anacapa Sciences, Inc.J (if applicable) U.S. Army Research Institute Aviation If Research and Development Activity 6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 7b. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) P.O. Box 489 ATTN: PERI-IR I Military qualities, C_2-1 9, ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessa'y and identify by block number) 2 In response to a request from the School Secretary, U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama, a peer comparisoq (PC) procedure was developed to select Aviation Officer Advanced Course (AVNOAC) honor graduates on the basis of a "whole person" concept. Under this concept, students would be evaluated on and honored for both their academic performance and for other attributes important in the development of an Army aviation officer. The PC procedure is a combination of the peer nomination ard peer ranking methods and the psychophysical scaling technique of paired comparisons. Section members in each AVNOAC class nominate and rank order five of their peers on their potential as aviation officers. They then compare each pair of nominees on each of five military qualiWies identified by senior aviation officers as important and likely to be observed in the couse. The PC procedure was administered twice in each of two AVNOAC classes (N = 90 and 103). 'be results indicate that the procedure is easy to use, has high internal consistency and tempo l stability, and produces a consensus on which students have the highest potential. A-20. DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 0 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED i SAME AS RPT. 0 DTIC USERS Unclassified 22a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (Include Area Code) 22c. OFFICE SYMBOL Charles A. Gainer, COTR (205) 255-4404 PERI-IR DD Form 1473, JUN 86 Previous editions are obsolete.