Development and Evaluation of an Officer Potential Composite
Abstract
A variety of selection factors related to USNA success have been combined into a single composite measure, the Candidate Multiple (CM), to serve as the primary tool for evaluating candidates. The primary objective of this effort is to expand the scope of the USNA selection system to include the prediction of officer performance. The overall validation strategy involved four major components: (1) development of an officer performance criterion, (2) evaluation of current selection scores to predict that criterion, (3) development and validation of new measures to predict that criterion, and (4) determination of the relationship between officer performance predictors and USNA success. In evaluating various measures of officer performance, a score based on recommendations for promotion (from cumulative officer fitness reports) provided sufficient variability to use as a criterion. In addition to providing meaningful differentiation among officers, the Recommended for early Promotion (REP) was significantly related to military and academic performance as a USNA midshipman. Two CM components, Combined Extracurricular Activities (COMPECA) and high school officials' Recommendations (RECS), exhibit significant relationships with the Recommended for Early Promotion (REP) criterion. An experimental predictor showed a low positive relationship with the REP and combined with COMPECA and RECS into an officer performance composite (OPC). It appears that use of the OPC in selection would not adversely affect midshipman performance. Keywords: U.S. Naval Academy, Officer selection.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA213471
Entities
People
- Idell Neumann
- Joyce D. Mattson
- Norman M. Abrahams