The Development of Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) for Evaluating USAF Pilot Training Performance

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) which could be used by instructor pilots (IPs) to evaluate their students on eight personality characteristics considered important to flying fighter-type aircraft. IPs generated behavioral examples which reflected good, average, and poor job behaviors for each personality dimension. These job behaviors were randomized and presented to another group of IPs who tried to match each behavior with the personality characteristic it best represented. The IPs demonstrated sufficient agreement to develop BARS for four of the eight personality characteristics (achievement motivation, assertiveness, cooperativeness, and stress tolerance). The behavioral examples generated for the retained personality characteristics were evaluated for their use as scale anchor points. Several uses of BARS in the flying training environment were discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA239969

Entities

People

  • Laurie C. Walters
  • Thomas R. Carretta

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Applied Psychology
  • Flight Training
  • Human Behavior
  • Instructors
  • Military Pilots
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design