FACTORIALLY DERIVED INFORMATION MEASURES FOR DIFFERENTIAL PREDICTION OF OFFICER PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The report describes research completed in the initial phase of a comprehensive longitudinal program to predict officer performance in combat, technical, and administrative duties by psychological measures obtained at entry on active duty. Analysis being completed is concerned chiefly with means of scoring the predictor instruments. The present publication details the analysis of officer responses and formulation of scoring scales for the information tests of the Differential Officer Battery (DOB). For the information content of the test battery, a double analysis was performed and the results synthesized. Basing scores on the double analysis should reduce the effect of chance in evaluating the predictive effectiveness of the scores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0686288

Entities

People

  • William H. Helme

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • History
  • Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Military Tactics
  • Physical Sciences
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense