A STUDY OF THE USEFULNESS AND LIMITATIONS OF MENTAL MEASUREMENT IN THE ARMED SERVICES,
Abstract
Mental measurement in the Armed Forces is an absolute necessity. Two interrelated existing problems must be resolved before mental measurement can be used most effectively. First, a determination of which jobs or occupations need to be filled in the Armed Forces is necessary, and, additionally, performance must be measured. The second problem is testing or mental measurement. Test development must be centered around a job or occupation or a series of jobs or occupations and correlated against job or occupation performance. A partial review of the literature on military testing indicates that testing is being conducted without resolving the first problem in any sound testing program. Additionally, there are indications that correlation studies of currently used tests are frequently not conducted in an unbiased scientific manner. High correlation coefficients, no matter how they are obtained, have possibly become the ultimate goal of military testing. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0482298
Entities
People
- Junior Jennings Watson
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School