The Application of College and Flight Background Questionnaires as Supplementary Noncognitive Measures for Use in the Selection of Student Naval Aviators

This report describes the validation of an automated aircrew selection test battery that measures cognitive processes, psychomotor skills, and time-sharing abilities. Results indicate that performance-based test measures can be used to predict flight training performance.

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Selected Personality Characteristics of Student Naval Aviators and Student Naval Flight Officers

International Journal of Aviation Psychology ◽

10.1207/s15327108ijap1304_06 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 415-427 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas T. Lambirth ◽

Daniel L. Dolgin ◽

Heike K. Rentmeister-Bryant ◽

Jeffery L. Moore

Keyword(s):

Personality Characteristics ◽

Naval Aviators ◽

Student Naval Aviators

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State and Trait Anxiety in Voluntary Withdrawal of Student Naval Aviators from Flight Training

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1973.33.2.351 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 351-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Steven F. Bucky ◽

Charles D. Spielberger

Keyword(s):

Trait Anxiety ◽

The State ◽

Flight Training ◽

State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽

Voluntary Withdrawal ◽

State And Trait Anxiety ◽

Naval Aviators ◽

Student Naval Aviators ◽

State Score

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was administered to 316 student naval aviators, 68 of whom dropped out of the flight program within the first 6 mo. of their training. These students who dropped out of the program were significantly more anxious as measured by the STAI A-State and A-Trait scales; the higher the A-State score, the earlier the students dropped.

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Computer-based psychomotor tests in optimal training track assignment of student naval aviators.

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e448972004-001 ◽

1994 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. R. Jr. Street ◽

D. L. Dolgin

Keyword(s):

Psychomotor Tests ◽

Computer Based ◽

Naval Aviators ◽

Student Naval Aviators

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A Study of the 1970 Administrative Reduction of Student Naval Aviators

10.21236/ad0764068 ◽

1973 ◽

Author(s):

Annette G. Baisden

Keyword(s):

Naval Aviators ◽

Student Naval Aviators

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Updating the Direction Orientation Task: An Aviation Selection Tool

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181319631451 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 1414-1418

Author(s):

Heidi N. Keiser ◽

Cory M. Moclaire ◽

Kenneth M. King ◽

Noelle L. Brown ◽

Cyrus K. Foroughi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Force ◽

United States Navy ◽

The United States ◽

Current Version ◽

Placement Testing ◽

Operation Span ◽

Orientation Task ◽

Naval Aviators ◽

Restriction Of Range ◽

Student Naval Aviators

Military branches rely on selection and placement testing to help identify individuals who will be well-suited for jobs that they likely have little exposure to or experience with. The goal for this research was to update the Direction Orientation Task (DOT), which is used by both the United States Navy and Air Force as part of their aviation selection batteries. The current version of DOT has limitations such as ceiling effects in some populations and a restriction of range within test scores. We created a new version (DOT2) that attempted to increase the difficulty and variance of the test (among other things discussed in the paper). Ninety-five student Naval Aviators completed an experiment where they completed DOT1, DOT2, and the operation span. Results showed that DOT2 was significantly more difficult and had increased variance compared to DOT1. Scores on DOT1 were highly related to scores on DOT2, both were similarly unrelated to scores the operation span, and both were similarly related to the number of math errors made on the operation span. These preliminary data suggest that DOT2 may be a viable upgrade to DOT1.

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