Analysis of Officer Performance of an Experimental Task: Highway Traffic Plan

Abstract

Factor analysis of relationships among the variables of the Highway Traffic Task--the objectively scored traffic plan, the observers' checklist of the plan's provisions, and ratings of aspects of the officer's performance, including attitude and motivation--yielded five major performance factors: These were 1) total objective score, 2) response to stress, 3) procedural skills, 4) attention to requirements, and 5) style of performance. These scores, together with certain single variables of interest, are to be analyzed in a matrix including scores derived from the other 14 situational tasks. Results are to be applied to problems of officer performance evaluation and early identification of the most promising officer leaders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
ADA079346

Entities

People

  • William H. Helme

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Efficiency
  • Factor Analysis
  • Identification
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Motivation
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Ratings
  • Rear Areas
  • Simulations
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.