APTITUDE TESTS FOR ARMY MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS

Abstract

The driving aptitude of 1400 Army drivers was measured with pen cil- and-paper tests developed in a 3-stage validation study using associates' and supervisors' ratings on the drivers' rating from X-2 as the criteria. The best predictor measures were age, attention to detail, knowledge of driving, driver's self-description blank, emergency judgment, 2-hand coordination, and word matching. An operational battery of the 7 equally weighted tests was compiled with a cross-validity of 0.38; divided into 2 smaller batteries of 4 and 3 tests each, the coefficients were 0.39 and 0.24, respectively. The current driver- selection battery had a cross-validity of only about 0.18 and required more time and effort to administer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1952
Accession Number
AD0006957

Entities

People

  • A. R. Lauer

Organizations

  • Iowa State University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Accuracy
  • Army Personnel
  • Detection
  • Drivers (Personnel)
  • Human Behavior
  • Iowa
  • Measurement
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Personality
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Perception

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