PERSONNEL SELECTION IN THE NAVY: PROCEEDINGS OF A NAVY-WIDE WORKSHOP, APRIL 1967

Abstract

The report represents the proceedings of a Navy-Wide Workshop on Personnel Selection in the U.S. Navy. The thirty participants represented the major Navy activities with on-going personnel selection programs. This report consists of the edited transcriptions of the taped recordings from the seven Workshop Sessions entitled: (1) Brief Updating of Selection Programs by representatives of attending activities; (2) Criterion Development; (3) Personality and Aptitude Measurement in Selection; (4) Biomedical Indices in Selection; (5) Small Groups' Observational Data in Selection; (6) Personnel Allocation Processes; and (7) Selection-related Research Areas and Division of Labor Among the Navy Activities. Selection methodologies, statistical techniques, computer strategies, and the pros and cons of various psychometric approaches used in selection are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 23, 1968
Accession Number
AD0671792

Entities

People

  • Benjamin B. Weybrew

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Students

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology