PREDICTING VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL FROM FLIGHT TRAINING BY MEANS OF A FORCED-CHOICE SCALE: CONSTRUCTION AND PRELIMINARY VALIDATION

Abstract

An experimental forced-choice scale was constructed for the purpose of predicting voluntary attritions from the Naval Air Training Program and was tested on a sample of entering students. The scale score had a higher relationship to this type of attrition than did the scores of any of the current selection instruments. A combination of scale scores yielded a bi-serial correlation of 0.52 against a completion-voluntary attrition criterion. (Auth r)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1961
Accession Number
AD0260551

Entities

People

  • Lawrence K. Waters
  • Robert J. Jr. Wherry

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Construction
  • Flight Training
  • Students
  • Training
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.