Analysis of Experimental Selection Tests for Special Forces Officer Training,

Abstract

The Army Special Warfare Center has requested research to determine, as a means of selecting officers for Special Forces training, what qualities in an officer will enable him to perform his special warfare mission with a high degree of effectiveness. Experimental measures were assembled to provide a broad coverage of personal characteristics hypothesized to be relevant to performance in unconventional warfare missions. As a first step toward selecting content for a selection battery, the tests were administered to a total of 238 officers at the outset of training and analyzed for effectiveness in predicting academic grades, peer ratings, and performance on a field exercise at close of training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
ADA079178

Entities

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  • Francis F. Medland
  • Martin Marder

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  • Biomedical

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  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Civic Action
  • Foreign Languages
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Human Behavior
  • Language
  • Military History
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychological Operations
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Special Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • Warfare

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