Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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reamn8 for dividing a tr~fning grrdr into tvo partr. Tt~ir iavolver the
a$e of the achievmmnt index for dlagnortic pwpooer end will be tremted
in beetion D to follow. -
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Teble 1
A Comparfson of Simple and Hultipla Correlstion G~tnp
the Ratio InGax for Am(A) end ATR(A) School8
-Ma(A) ml(A) (414) .767
PAQ-AFU(A) ATR(A) (414) .763 '
,c. Motivrttioa Xoamrownt. Earing defined out working coneopts,
of “reoldunl grin” and uchlrvmaent retie, I would !ika now to present
eme rsrearch findlngr dnvolvi~g the me of both rpproechar in aotfvation
reararch. The rerurch VB# conducted by the CXATRCRIIU Strf f Reaurch
Depertmnt located at Hmphie.
1. PAQ Wmocrl. Iclyo, C. D., ClUTgCRTRA Rereuch Report 1957.
a. Ratare of AchiovrPont Index:
me firrt quartioo roleter to the ruture of thr achlevemont
index. A# wo fndlcrnted, the logic of the paredigm vhereln eptitude
ir partialed out of a trelning grade luda UQ to hypothuine that the
vuiance rmainfng ir related to motivotioa OT effort-put-forth. Of
comae, �� � lro lo rocogaited that othor factora contribute to thlr
unpredicted nrlmce: 1.0.~ error, parromlity dffferencer, lnterert
end � ttltudee, and pteviour � chlovmeat la � porticulor orea aad ability
not auusured, � tc . l%r tuk, tharefore, ir to detormino uhat axteat
motivation ir contefned in the reridual vuianco.
The method edoptod to roroloa this quertltm was tho u8e of paat
r*tlnge. Tbo clerric UBO of peer rrtitgr vu employed uhereln clrrres
of 15 to 25 uen wro erktrd to cuminate and rank thrso rtudaatr In their
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