The Effect of Evaluator Attitudes on Subjective Ratings of Unit Structure in Phase II of the 'Restructuring of the Heavy Division' Test
Abstract
This report presents the results of a research effort which was conducted in response to a request by the TRADOC Combined Army Test Activity (TCATA) that ARI investigate the influence of evaluator bias on the results of the Restructuring of the Heavy Division Test, Phase II (FT 382A). More specifically, there was a need to determine whether or not field test evaluators held pretest attitudes toward the restructuring concept, and if so, to determine the extent and manner in which these attitudes influenced the ratings which the evaluators gave to various aspects of the concept during the course of the field test. The results showed that in the process of evaluating the division restructuring concept, many evaluators shifted from a neutral position regarding whether the H-TOE or the T-TOE was the better unit structure to a position showing a definite preference for one TOE over the other. However, statistical analyses did not show any relationship between evaluators' pretest attitude scores and evaluators' rating of unit structure in the field test. It was concluded that evaluator subjective ratings of various aspects of the division restructuring concept in the field test were not a function of any positive or negative personal attitudes that the evaluators might have held prior to the DRS test.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA081975
Entities
People
- Edwin R. Smutz
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences