Factor Structure of the CogScreen-Aeronautical Edition Test Battery

Abstract

CogScreen Aeronautical Edition (CogScreen-AE) is a computerized test designed to assess cognitive functioning. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is evaluating its utility for establishing a cognitive baseline for pilots that would assist clinicians when evaluating pilots with cognitive referral, which could result in impaired flying ability. To better understand what is measured by the CogScreen-AE, confirmatory factor analyses were performed. Participants were 1,015 USAF pilot training applicants. Like many cognitive tests, CogScreen-AE exhibited a hierarchical factor structure. Somewhat unusual was that there was not a strong, single, higher order factor representing general cognitive ability. Instead, there were two higher order factors that measured response efficiency and procedural knowledge. In addition to the higher order factors, there were six first order factors representing thruput, response speed, shifting attention, psychomotor tracking, pathfinder, and numeric.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367696

Entities

People

  • Joseph D. Callister
  • Malcolm James Ree
  • Thomas R. Carretta

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Efficiency
  • Factor Analysis
  • Flight Training
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Research
  • Pilots
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Training

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.