The Recruit Temperament Survey (RTS) as a Predictor of Para-medical Effectiveness Criteria,
Abstract
Three Recruit Temperament Survey (RTS) scales, which had been developed in previous studies, were evaluated as potential contributors to the prediction of effectiveness criteria for Navy hospital corpsmen (HMs). A combined score on two standard Navy aptitude tests was used as the benchmark against which the unique validity of RTS scores was assessed. It was found that this combined aptitude score, which was developed to predict final school grade in HM training and is presently used to select personnel for the HM specialty, had an average cross-validity of .17 (p less than .05) for predicting post-training effectiveness criteria. By adding the three RTS scale scores to this aptitude under the composite cross-validity for predicting these criteria was raised to .28 (p less than .001). This increase was highly significant (p less than .001) and indicates that personality, attitudinal, and background characteristics, as measured by the RTS, can contribute to the prediction of Navy para-medical effectiveness criteria. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- ADA038366
Entities
People
- Jerry M. Goffman
- Richard F. Booth
- Steven F. Bucky
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center