Predictive Validity of Spatial Ability and Perceptual Speed Tests for Aviator Training

Johnson, James F.; Barron, Laura G.; Carretta, Thomas R.; Rose, Mark R.

doi:10.1080/24721840.2018.1442222

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“…Tests indicating coordination and perceptual speed in Martinussen and Torjussen (1998) had somewhat lower mean correlations of .09 (Reversal test) and .06 (Sorting test). Support for the predictiveness of SR and TR tests for daily flight and check flight performance was further established through regression and relative importance analysis (e.g., Barron & Rose, 2013; Johnson et al, 2017).…”

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“…These estimates had the least variability around the means, indicating that spatial ability–flight performance relations are relatively homogeneous. Spatial ability is frequently presented as a vital ability for proficient flying performance, and numerous studies have been conducted to validate its importance for training flight performance (e.g., Barron and Rose, 2013; Johnson et al, 2017; Kock & Schlechter, 2009; Zierke, 2014). It may be surprising, then, to detect these modest validity estimates for spatial subtests relative to those produced by technical knowledge, perceptual speed, and quantitative abilities subtests.…”

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“…Despite the expansive literature of AFOQT, no meta-analysis study exists to assess the validity generalization of its associations with flight performance measures at subtest level. The three meta-analyses available for AFOQT predictive validity (Carretta, 2010; Johnson et al, 2017; Lynch, 1991) are all of limited scopes in predictors, occupations, or the number of studies included. Thus, a more comprehensive meta-analysis assessing the predictive validity of AFOQT subtests and Pilot composite for flight performance criteria may be useful.…”

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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

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2020

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“…The Dial Reading Test was eventually dropped, leaving the Table Reading Test as the only perceptual speed test. This test is still in the US Air Force pilot selection battery (Carretta & Ree, 1995;Johnson, Barron, Carretta, & Rose, 2017). Despite the well-documented usefulness of a perceptual speed test for over 75 years, only the Norwegian Air Force includes a perceptual speed test in its pilot selection battery (Martinussen & Torjussen, 2004).…”

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21st International Symposium on Aviation Psychology

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“…In flight, military pilots need to monitor changes in the external environment and monitor the situation of the aircraft at the same time. Military pilots need to identify and filter many kinds of complex information immediately and correctly in a short period ( Johnson et al, 2017 ). They must act appropriately, especially when they have to handle a variety of emergencies.…”

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Attentional Blink in Pilots and Its Relationship With Flight Performance

Liu

et al. 2020

Front. Psychol.

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Objective In flight, military pilots need to monitor changes in the external environment and monitor the situation of the aircraft at the same time. Attentional blink (AB) reflects attentional blindness in time. Therefore, the present study investigated the AB effect in military pilots and its relationship with flight performance. Methods Thirty male military pilots (44.23 ± 4.07 years old) and 29 control participants (44.07 ± 2.93 years old) underwent testing with the classic rapid serial visual presentation paradigm. The participants’ accuracy in detecting a second target stimulus (T2/T1) on the basis of their correctly response to the first target stimulus (T1) was calculated to measure the AB effect. The flight performance of these military pilots was also collected. Results The participants’ accuracy in detecting T2/T1 at positions of 180, 270, 360, and 450 ms was significantly lower than that in detecting T1 in both groups. The military pilots’ detection accuracy of T2/T1 at the positions of 180 ms ( p < 0.001) and 270 ms ( p < 0.001) was significantly higher than that of the control participants, and their mean detection accuracy of T2/T1 (AB effect) at the positions of 180, 270, 360, and 450 ms was also significantly higher than that of the control participants ( p < 0.001). There was a significant correlation between the AB effect and the lowest flight performance score for the military pilots ( r = 0.52, p = 0.004), and the regression coefficient was significant (β = 0.514, p = 0.004, R 2 = 0.31). Conclusions Both groups experienced the AB effect, but the military pilots’ performance regarding the AB effect was better than that of the control participants. The AB effect can predict the lowest flight performance score in military pilots. These findings may have implications for the grounding and selection of Chinese military pilots.

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Predictive Validity of Spatial Ability and Perceptual Speed Tests for Aviator Training

Cited by 11 publications

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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

21st International Symposium on Aviation Psychology

Attentional Blink in Pilots and Its Relationship With Flight Performance

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