Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT): Predictors of Undergraduate Pilot Training and Undergraduate Navigator Training Success.

Abstract

This research investigated the relationship between the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) Form O and performance (pass/fail) in Undergraduate Pilot Training and Undergraduate Navigator Training. It was found that the several subtests and composites currently being used in the pilot and navigator selection had significant correlations with pilot and navigator training success, respectively. When the correlations were corrected for restriction in range, the correlations increased moderately. Regression analysis revealed that the AFOQT has greater accuracy in predicting success in UPT and UNT when two distinct composites are used than when one combined composite is used. The evaluation of the potential composites against the existing composites revealed that several alternative composites were more effective in predicting pilot and navigator training success than those currently in operational use. Keywords: Air Force officer qualifying test, Aptitude tests, Navigator selection, Pilot section. (EG)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221674

Entities

People

  • Christopher T. Sorrentino
  • Eugene F. Burke
  • Kurt W. Steuck
  • Thomas O. Arth

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Military Personnel
  • New York
  • Regression Analysis
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.