An Evaluation of Minority and Female Performance in Army Rotary Wing Aviation Training. Volume 1. Executive Summary

Abstract

This report contains the Executive Summary of the evaluation of minority (Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian) and Female performance in the Army's Initial Entry Rotary Wing flight training program. Each minority group was compared to a matched sample of majority students. The groups were matched on FAST score, GT score, educational level, age, rank, and source of entry. The performance of the two groups (each minority and its matched control group) was compared on the following criteria: Warrant Officer Candidate Military Development Course grades; Academic grades by phase of training; Flight performance grades by phase of training; Overall grade; Attrition experience during the Warrant Officer Development Course and; Attrition experience during the flight portion of training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA130938

Entities

People

  • Daniel C. Wick
  • John A. Dohme
  • William R. Brown

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anthropology
  • Army Aviation
  • Army Training
  • Attrition
  • Databases
  • Deficiencies
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Executives
  • Flight Training
  • Hispanics
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • Warrant Officers

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