Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

high performers as well as anamolous results. The personal and
individual interest shown by the PTEP organizations at the training
sites effectively sold the testing system to the ships.
Training recommendations were at first reluctantly used by the sub-
marines. An early sampling showed that courses recommended by PTEP
were used at about the same rate as randomly chosen courses. A
graphical analysis of successive test results presented a convincing
picture that use of training courses improved performance in the
area where the course applied: and that the most gain for training
time expended was realized when the time was applied to weak areas.
This seemingly self evid.ent conclusion, convincingly demonstrated
to management personnel, has much increased the utilization of PTEP
course recommendations. Thr use of self-study material recommended
by PTEP was another area that gained slow acceptance. As with
courses, however, PTEP has been.able to demonstrate that men who use
self-study material show im provcment in their overall pexformance;
consequently the use of this training material has increased
considerably.
ANALYSIi ASD EVALUATION
YJ!EP*s business is much more than improving training utilization.
Since January of 1973 sixteen evaluations have been completed on such
diverse topics as: curriculum management materials, fire control
software training, training of submarine tender personnel, and the
restructuring of a sonar training course. Evaluation of test
results of individuals and crews have shohn that personal and leader-
ship problems are reflected in performance trends and anomalies;
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