Comparison of experimental U.S. Air Force and Euro-NATO pilot candidate selection test batteries

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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Mechanical Specialties in the U.S. Air Force: Accession Quality and Selection Test Validity

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e540242011-001 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen A. Truhon

Keyword(s):

Air Force ◽

Test Validity ◽

Selection Test ◽

The U.S

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Topographic Eeg Correlates of the Basic Attributes Test for Air Force Candidate Selection

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193129203600116 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 62-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. B. Sterman ◽

D. Kaiser ◽

C. Mann ◽

J. Francis

Keyword(s):

Spectral Analysis ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Resource Utilization ◽

Air Force ◽

Frequency Band ◽

Cognitive Demand ◽

Candidate Selection ◽

Cognitive Resource ◽

Eeg Data ◽

Topographic Eeg

Topographic EEG data were collected from subjects performing on three selected subtests of the Basic Attributes Test. Spectral analysis focused on the 8–12 Hz frequency band showed differences in cognitive demand among subtests, and individual differences in cognitive resource utilization which were related to performance.

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Spatial Ability Stress Test for Screening and Selection: The Development of SCOUT-R

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641371 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 1551-1555

Author(s):

Noelle L. Brown ◽

Ciara Sibley ◽

Cyrus K. Foroughi ◽

Joseph T. Coyne ◽

Nathan Herdener ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spatial Ability ◽

Air Force ◽

Selection Process ◽

Stress Test ◽

Marine Corps ◽

Face Validity ◽

Occupational Success ◽

Task Strategy ◽

Selection Test ◽

And Task

Spatial abilities are often predictive of occupational success. Specifically, they are thought to play a role in aviator success and thus, are evaluated in Naval and Air Force aviation selection. However, the selection process only includes a single assessment of spatial ability which recent findings have called into question its validity. The creation of a speeded spatial ability stress test with face validity for the Navy and Marine Corps aviation community was investigated. We developed SCOUT-R, a multitask environment where participants quickly discriminated target objects from distractors, all of which could appear in any 90° orientation. The results showed the speeded presentation affected subjective workload and task strategy; however, target discrimination improved as the speed of presentation increased. The implications for SCOUT-R as a spatial ability selection test are considered.

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