An Evaluation of Minority and Female Performance in Army Rotary Wing Aviation Training. Volume 2. Evaluation Report

Abstract

This report contains 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, education 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: (1) Warrant Officer Candidate Military Development Course grades; (2) Academic grades by phase of training; (3) Flight performance grades by phase of training; (4) Overall grade; (5) Attrition experience during the Warrant Development Course and; (6) 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
ADA130959

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
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Attrition
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Flight Training
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Naval Aviation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.