Cross-Validation of Experimental USAF Pilot Training Performance Models

Abstract

A series of studies have indicated that individual differences in hand-eye coordination, information processing ability, personality and attitudes are related to USAF pilot training performance. The current investigation was designed to cross-validate these results. Eight hundred eighty-five (885) USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) students were divided randomly into two groups. Pilot selection models that used a combination of Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and Basic Attributes Test (BAT) battery scores were developed independently for each group and then cross-validated with the other group. In the model development phase, subjects with good hand-eye coordination who made quick decisions were more likely to complete UPT successfully in both groups. Although there was some reduction in the validity coefficients in the cross-validation phase, the selection models were related significantly to UPT final outcome in both groups. These results suggest that the AFOQT/BAT pilot selection models are sufficiently robust to be used as adjuncts to operational USAF pilot trainee selection procedures. Keywords: Aptitude testing, Basic attributes test, Pilot selection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA222253

Entities

People

  • Thomas R. Carretta

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Jet Training Aircraft
  • Military Personnel
  • Pilots
  • Regression Analysis
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.