Early Aptitude-Achievement Discrepancies as Predictors of Later Voluntary Withdrawal from Naval Aviation Training,

Abstract

During recent years there has been a marked increase in the drop-on- request (DOR) rate among aviation officer candidates (AOC's). This type of attrition has been exceedingly difficult to predict because of a lack of good measures of motivation. This study examines the hypothesis that any substantial discrepancy between aptitude and achievement may well be a product of motivation and that scores based on such discrepancies may be useful in identifying potential DOR's. Quadrant analysis of two independent samples showed the high aptitude-low achievement quadrant to have a higher DOR rate than any other quadrant. It is recommended that this type of analysis be incorporated as a secondary selection tool upon completion of the environmental indoctrination stage of training. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 1971
Accession Number
AD0728389

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Doll

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Aviation Personnel
  • Biomedical Research
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Motivation
  • Naval Aviation
  • Quadrants
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.