Examining Bivariate Item-Criterion Associations: A Method of Exploring Personality Correlates of Job-Related Behavior

Abstract

Bivariate item-criterion (BIC) associations only infrequently are examined to identify personality correlates of job outcomes. However, examining these associations may reduce reliance on questionable assumptions embodied in more frequently used approaches to this problem. The present study provided evidence that personality items have reliably different strengths of association to attrition from military basic training. The study also showed that items with consistently strong BIC associations defined two interpretable factors which made reliable, independent contributions to the prediction of attrition. The associations of these BIC composites to the attrition criterion were more stable than that for a stepwise discriminant function composite and stronger than those produced by composites developed through factor analysis of the personality inventory. Overall, the BIC approach was an efficient method of identifying meaningful personality predictors for the job-relevant behavioral criterion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200568

Entities

People

  • Ross R. Vickers

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Inventory
  • Marine Corps
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Theoretical Analysis.