The Unique Contribution of Selected Personality Tests to the Prediction of Success in Naval Pilot Training,
Abstract
This study concerns the relationship of naval flight training performance to scores on the Aviation Qualification Test/Flight Aptitude Rating (AQT/FAR) and the automated Pilot Personality Questionnaire (PPQ). We analyzed a sample of 211 pilot candidates who had taken the AQT/FAR and PPQ. We found that the PPQ competitiveness scale and three of the AQT/FAR subtest score means were significantly different (p < .05) for those who passed (N = 168) and those who attrited (N = 43) flight training. Discriminant analysis yielded a linear composite of the AQT/FAR and PPQ subtest variables that could be used to classify the students according to the likelihood of passing or attriting during flight training. The resulting discriminant function explained 9% of the variance in the pass/attrite criterion (r = .30). We found that a 50% reduction in attritions could be attained with a 23% increase in false rejections. The regression analysis was significant (p < .01) and indicated that three scales of the PPQ and the AQT and FAR scores accounted for unique variance in a linear prediction equation. The FAR and PPQ competitiveness scale were the most powerful predictors of overall flight training success. Aviation selection, Personality tests, Personnel selection, Pilot training.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA258144
Entities
People
- D. L. Dolgin
- D. R. Street Jr.
- K. T. Helton
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory