Factor Structure of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test Form S: Analysis and Comparison with Previous Forms

Drasgow, Fritz; Nye, Christopher D.; Carretta, Thomas R.; Ree, Malcolm James

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“…The current study extended the investigation of the relations between cognitive ability and personality to additional measures of the constructs, different subject populations, and facet‐level indicators of personality. The cognitive measures were the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT; Drasgow, Nye, Carretta, & Ree, ), Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB; Segal, ), and Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB; Jackson, ). The personality measures include the NEO Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, ), Self‐Description Inventory (SDI; Manley, ; Manley & Weissmuller, ), and Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS; Stark et al, ).…”

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The relations between cognitive ability and personality: Convergent results across measures

Carretta

Ree

2018

Int J Selection Assessment

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Several studies have investigated the relations between cognitive ability and Big Five personality constructs. The present study extended previous research by (a) examining these relationships in large samples (total N = 120,014), (b) including several measures of cognitive ability and personality, (c) examining both domain and facet‐level personality scores, (d) expanding the personality domains studied to include Machiavellianism, and (e) correcting the observed correlations for range restriction and reliability to provide a better statistical estimate of the relations between the cognitive and personality scores and constructs. Results were consistent with prior research showing a positive relationship between cognitive ability and Openness and negative relationships between cognitive ability and Neuroticism and Conscientiousness. Negative relations between cognitive ability and Extraversion and Agreeableness also were observed. Machiavellianism, not part of the Big Five was found to have a positive correlation with cognitive ability. Of particular interest was the finding that the relations between cognitive ability and personality were affected by the specific content of the cognitive and personality measures. Cognitive measures with verbal content were more strongly correlated with personality than were cognitive measures with math or nonverbal content for all of the samples. Also, there was considerable variability in the cognitive‐personality correlations for the facets underlying each personality domain. The variability in correlations at the facet‐level implies that cognitive‐personality relationships at the domain‐level will vary as a function of the specific content of the cognitive and personality measures. Overall, the results provide support for cognitive‐personality association at the measurement level.

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The relations between cognitive ability and personality: Convergent results across measures

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2018

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“…AFOQT Form S test-retest reliabilities are consistent with previous forms and range from 0.87 (Verbal) to 0.92 (CSO) with a mean of 0.89 ( 1 ). Confi rmatory factor analyses of the AFOQT cognitive subtests have shown it to measure general cognitive ability, verbal, math, spatial, aircrew knowledge, and perceptual speed ( 12 ). The SDI 1 measures the Big Five personality domains of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness and several of their underlying facets.…”

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Predictive Validity of Pilot Selection Instruments for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training Outcome

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2013

Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

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No minimum qualifying PCSM score exists for URT. Had a minimum PCSM score of 25 been used, the pass rate would have been 80.2%; 12 more eliminees would have been screened out compared with the current AFOQT pilot minimum qualifying score of 25. Although current selection methods are effective, based on results of several RPA job/task analyses, the Air Force is examining the utility of other measures to supplement current methods.

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“…The AFOQT is a pencil-and-paper test battery of 11 cognitive subtests, and the pilot composite aggregates the information in the Arithmetic Reasoning, Math Knowledge, Instrument Comprehension, Table Reading, and Aviation Information subsets into a single measure (Drasgow et al, 2010). The TBAS, on the other hand, is a computer-administered evaluation of "psychomotor skills, multitasking, and spatial orientation" designed to directly measure pilot aptitude (Carretta, 2011).…”

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Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition

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Factor Structure of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test Form S: Analysis and Comparison with Previous Forms

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

The relations between cognitive ability and personality: Convergent results across measures

The relations between cognitive ability and personality: Convergent results across measures

Predictive Validity of Pilot Selection Instruments for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training Outcome

Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition

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