VALIDATION OF OCS SELECTION INSTRUMENTS: THE RELATIONSHIP OF OCS SELECTION MEASURES TO OCS PERFORMANCE.
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to investigate the relationship of several OCS selection variables, both operational and experimental to OCS performance. The subjects were 1,951 graduates from six OCS classes selected in 1957 and 1958. The criteria of school performance were the grades received by the officer candidates during OCS training. It was concluded that: (1) the best operational selection variables are: the Officer Qualification Test, the first two Quality items on the Officer Inquiry Form (the ability to make logical decisions and the ability to originate and act upon ideas of his own), and the Average College Grade (validities with Final Grade were .50, .26, and .22, respectively); (2) there is little reason to recommend changing the operational Inquiry Form (Form 1751) at this time, since the experimental Inquiry Forms (average validity .20) did not prove to be more valid than some of the Quality Scores on the operational form; (3) in analyzing combinations of predictor variables it was found that no two variable combination yielded a useful increase in validity. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0626841
Entities
People
- Bob D. Rhea
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center