Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

*'CwaE**: An autonated testind svstem for the evaluation
of abilitv and/or wi I linaness to orofit fron a
trainino situation
David B. Yinson, Ph.?.
1719 “‘edical Towers RIdrl,
Ifouston Texas 770?5
I n 1?7Q, CO?,a conouter software nrooram cnoable of
assessi na the effect of cerebral concussion on connitive
function uas reported. Usino renression analvsis. Coo
coTbared baseline data with post- iniurv cerforpance data
to calculate the arohahilitv of inpaired coanitive functicn
associated with cerebral concussion.
Pui ,di:.- 3r: exr?erience I?;nnd w i t h coo, a coflbutpr
sc!tware proflr8m ?dq?F WAS de\‘elpPed to evaluate cert.?in
cocnitive ?nd bersonaiitv functions, and from the interaction
of these functions as specified ht; al~,orithms, tr,
credict t h e cubiect’s- a b i l i f v ahd/or wiliinnness t o profit
frcm a trainin bra,cral7.
I n t h e DoO?i svsten. nerfnrmanta d a t a a r e acouired hv
the administration C! tests to assess selective attention,
short-term nemorv, rate nf inductive reasoninn, sneed snd
accuracv of continuous addition, level o f asniration. abilitv
to read, and mental attitudes. Certain bioaraohical data are
inotit t o t h e svster:. but sex and culture are not comnuted.
!dritten i n Fortran I V , the rWnnF software uses arnroximately
27 K characters with two over lavs of I I I/ and eK
resoectivelv. Ifsing a n XDS-ndn i n tine-share, nerformance
data are innut and conoared with stored information to
generate a renort which auantitativelv nrades a subioct on
five factors nreviouslv identi ficd hv factor nnalvsls as
predictive of sunarvisor ratir2s of ioh nerfornance.
The five factors as defined in the DWflnF nrint-out
reports are mental craso. self-confidence, cooneretiveness.
emotional stabilitv, and leadershin. nQoF?F nradinns a r e
from I.0 t o 5.0, reDorted to one decimal ncint. A. arndinn
of 3.0 represents the mean of hinh nerforminr! normal sub;ects.
PCT?F has been on-line since ln7l. ‘ran receipt of data, +o
user’s receipt of the renort. the turn around time is less
than ten minutes ner sub iect, nnvwhere in ‘I !rth 4merica.
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