Analysis of Officer Performance of an Experimental Task: March Order

Abstract

A comprehensive longitudinal research program to improve initial classification of officers was undertaken at the recommendation of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. The program had two major objectives: to improve selection of effective combat leaders and to determine how effectively psychological measurement techniques can be used in classifying officers differentially into three broad occupational domains--combat, technical, and administrative. Primary objectives were to discover the dimensions of behavior measured and to provide scores on these dimensions and the task as a whole. These scores are to be related to scores in the other 14 situation tasks, to predictor scores from the DOB, and to on-job performance evaluations on active Army service. Findings of this and parallel studies will be applied in techniques for evaluation of junior officer performance, for early identification of most promising leaders, and for use in initial classification of cadets to Army branches of service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
ADA079344

Entities

People

  • William H. Helme

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Data Science
  • Directives
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Motivation
  • Observers
  • Ratings
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organizational Psychology.