Test Battery for Selection of Missile Gunners,
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find instruments to improve the selection of anti-tank (AT) and anti-aircraft (AA) missile gunners. 109 conscripts in AA and 56 in AT missile units were tested with a battery of eight computerised spatial tests at the end of their compulsory military service. Also, a personality inventory was administered, and test data from the enlistment were available as predictors as well. About half of the tested conscripts had been assigned to the job as a missile gunner, while the other half had been screened out following simulator testings during the first few months of their service. Criterion data, in the form of missile simulation results and rank orders were collected for all conscripts tested. Multiple regression results indicated that performance as an AA missile gunner could be predicted by a newly constructed spatial test combined with two personality variables. In the AT case, no single test predicted performance, but two variables in the personality inventory showed a moderate correlation with the criterion. The study should be repeated on subjects at enlistment or calling-up.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA362214
Entities
People
- Henry Widen