Officer Selection in the Danish Armed Forces
Abstract
This paper reviews the psychological part of the present selection process which include intelligence, ability and knowledge tests, a group exercise and interviews by psychologists. The result of the psychological assessment is presented for the selection board. Together with results from tests of physical proficiency and the ratings from the candidates' military service, the selection board will use the psychological report as the basis for the final decision. The results of two studies of the system utility are presented: An investigation of the predictive validity showed that it is possible to forecast the examination result of the officer training with a rather high precision. The investigation showed that it was possible to calculate a prognosis for the examination result from the Officer Academy, where the multiple correlation coefficient with the actual examination result is 0.57 for those, who complete the officers training. Another follow-up study showed that the promotion percent of the officers was rising with increasing psychological assessment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010349
Entities
People
- S. Meincke