AN EVALUATION OF THE OFFICER CLASSIFICATION TEST AS A DEVICE FOR SELECTING OFFICER CANDIDATES FOR SUBMARINE SCHOOL
Abstract
The sections of the Officer Classification Test are evaluated in terms of a criterion of success in learning the duties of a submarine officer. The results also are analyzed after refining the data according to the submarine training the officers receive prior to assignment to the New London school. Correlations and scattergrams of results are tabulated and discussed, and a follow-up study in which these findings will be elaborated was undertaken by the Test and Research Section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. The following four points are concluded: (1) Officer Classification Test scores are correlated significantly with performance in submarine school. Overall coefficients of the order of 0.40 are reported. (2) A score combining sections of the test is the most efficient index of subsequent academic standing, but if any single section score must be employed, the mathematical score is probably the most satisfactory of the four scores. (3) Candidates with previous submarine indoctrination achieve higher standings than do those without indoctrination. (4) The class standings of officers with previous indoctrination can be predicted with more confidence from the aptitude scores than can the standings of officers without indoctrination. The coefficients for those with indoctrination are of the order of 0.45.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 07, 1945
- Accession Number
- AD0663528
Entities
People
- N. R. Bartlett