Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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The Prsdictioa of fob Proficiency
ALEXANDER A,iLCNCO
Staff Research Department of the Chief of
Naval Air Training, Naval Air Station
Menphia , . Tefmaoeee
TM development of thia papar proceeded Qlong the line of b-craic to
Qpplied rQaearch in the prcdfctlon of job proficiency. TtxImdlkQ, in
Veraonml Selection” (1949). diatinguirhad between proficiency on the
job per aa, and proficiency in job training. Only the latter type of
proficiency ia conafdercd hero. Tvo araQa of roaQarch Qro cxamfocd:
i.e., (1) b~alc re6eQrch on %otivQtion“ in e training emriroment; (2)
applied raacarch on the predfctlon of school achlovemant. The firat QreQ
involvca cozrelatiorml tcchniquaa which arc conaidrred to he Qn iatprwcd
� ppro8ch to the araaurcmsnt of oonrptltude varfance. Included i n nonaptltudc
variance, of murae, la a certain degree of Ymtfvatioa” variance
vhfch haa been Qluaiva gentrally to amasuremant in a pure form. Howaver,
aa we ahall ace, oum intereating thing8 can be dons in “wtfvation”
maaauremant by the we of part Qnd partial correlation proccduraa. The
� pplicQtlon of fnfonnation obtained from partial corralatlon procedure8
to cndivfduafa by the usa of ratio derived scores wLl1 also be discuascd.
l’tm aocond area involves the uae of multiple correlation and p866/fotl
frequency procedutaa to ottain the beat prediction of technical training
perfonaance. In thie regard, variour aclectlon md training grndea were
866e8aad for their potentfal to 3 edict final trainfng performance.
Operationally, thQ6e tvo approaches to the prediction of fob proficiency
may be conridered to overlap, however, as vQ rhall 6Qe, that0 arc certain
diatinctionr betwaca them vhich justify their indtpandtnt conaLdtration
to the m6aaurmccnt of job p,rofLcfency. Several studier conducted by
the Stuff Rercarch Dapartmmt Qt the Nav81 Station, Mnphir, on thcro two
areaa will form the aubjcct matter of thfr paper.
1 would llka to outlima the content6 of tha paper at this time in
order to give you the focal pofnta of the mtcrlal I will be prorenting.
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fie Hcaauramant and prediction of Hotivation
A. Residual Cain
B. Ratfo Xndex
C. Motivation NQmsuramcnt
D. Application of the Achievaaont Index (An applied
rtasarch study)
If The HtaaurQmQnt Qnd prediction of School Achisvannnt
A. C,orrtlatioMl prediction
B. Paar/Pail Odds to Prediction
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