Reliability of Associate Ratings of Performance Potential by Army Aviators
Abstract
The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of a rating form designed to select AH-1 transisition candidates and to study rater acceptance of rating forms. It was hypothesized that COBRA pilots in cavalry and assault units would demonstrate high inter-rater reliability when rating non-AH-1 qualified aviators in their units on potential for AH-1 transistion and gunship pilot duties. A variable of interest was the effect of length of rater-ratee acquaintance on inter-rater reliability (Freeberg, 1969). AH-1 qualified aviators demonstate a high degree of inter-rater reliabilty when rating AH-1 candidates in their units. Statistical reliability was higher within those units where raters and ratees had been acquainted longer. The majority (58%) of AH-1 qualified raters sampled feel that ratings by fellow aviators should be used in selecting candidates for COBRA transistion. Many raters (20%) had reservations about the use of ratings because of the influence of friendship and other personal biases. Another group felt ratings could not (8%) or might not (7%) be effective in identifying potentially successful AH-1 candidates.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA076826
Entities
People
- Robert F. Eastman
- Robert L. Mcmullen
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences