Basic Navigator Battery: An Experimental Selection Composite for Undergraduate Navigator Training.

Abstract

The Basic Navigator Battery (BNB), a multi-test experimental selection instrument, was evaluated for its potential to increase the validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) in predicting graduation/elimination from Undergraduate Navigator Training (UNT). Two BNB subtests, the Pre-Nav and the Obstacles and Remedies, were found to contribute significantly to the predictive validity of the AFOQT Nav-Tech and Quantitative composites for overall training outcome. The Pre-Nav also added significantly to the validity of the AFOQT for predicting classroom, simulator, and flying training performance. Results are discussed in terms of the elimination rates projected by using two models limited to AFOQT composite scores and a third model which uses scores from both the AFOQT and BNB. Keywords: Aircrew selection, Aircrew training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168857

Entities

People

  • Frank M. Shanahan
  • Jeffrey E. Kantor

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Attrition
  • Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Elimination
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Manpower
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Regression Analysis
  • Simulators
  • Statistics
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

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