Racial Equity in Selection in Air Force Officer Training School and Undergraduate Flying Training

Abstract

Air Force Officer Qualifying Test composite scores were obtained for 274 Airman Education and Commissioning Program (AECP) officer training school (OTS) students and 15,532 undergraduate flying training (UFT) students. College grade point average (GPA) were also obtained for the AECP group. The objective was to determine the extent of any racial bias present in certain officer selection and classification procedures. For non-whites in the AECP group, OTS graduation rates and final grades were lower than would be expected from test scores or GPAs. UFT graduation rates for Blacks were also over-predicted by AFOQT composites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043019

Entities

People

  • John J. Mathews

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bias
  • Case Studies
  • Classification
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Prejudice
  • Regression Analysis
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

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