I__. - International Military Testing Association

Variables
Criteria. Two measures of success on MARS occupation training
were used: (a) grades on the third phase (MARS III); and (b) grades
on the fourth. phase (MARS IV) of MARS training.
Predictors. Operational predictors used by the NOAB to assess
MARS,candidates included: (a) an interview; (b) a file review (an
evaluation of the biographical data collected by the CFRCs); (c)
a conducting officer's assessment; (d) performance in a practical
leadership exercise; (e) performance in a leaderless group
discussion; and (f) a NOAB merit score (a weighted combination of ..
NOAB measures). Experimental predictors included: (a) the Problem
Sensitivity Test (PST); and (b) the Passage Planning Test (PPT).
CFRC predictors included.: (a) a military potential score provided
by CFRC staff; and (b) a measure of tested learning ability based
on the CF General Classification (GC) Test. The relations between
BOTC performance and MARS training success were also evaluated.
Predictina MARS III Performance
Results
Although Table 1 shows statistically significant correlations
between MARS III results and three NOAB predictors -- file review,
leadership stands, and the NOAB merit score -- multiple regression
analyses revealed that the leadership stands did not provide any
incremental prediction beyond that contributed by the file review
(R = .20). In essence, the prediction afforded by the merit score
is that provided by the file review. MARS III performance was
unrelated to the following measures: (a) the interview; (b) the
conducting officer's assessment; (c) the leaderless group
discussion; (d) the CFRC military potential score; (e) tested
learning ability; and (f) performance on BOTC.
Predictinu MARS IV Performance
As shown in Table 1, performance on MARS IV was related to the
file review, NOAB merit score, BOTC performance, and MARS III
performance. Of all the predictors, the file review accounted for
the most variance in MARS IV performance. The NOAB merit score
also correlated with MARS IV performance; however, the predictive
contribution of the merit score was actually that provided,by the
file review. Multiple regression analyses also showed that neither
BOTC nor MARS III performance could account for variance of MARS
IV beyond that already predicted by the file review (R = .28). The
following variables were unrelated to MARS IV performance: (a) the
interview; (b) the conducting officer's assessment; (c) the
leaderless group discussion; (d) leadership stands; (e) military
potential; and (f) tested learning ability.
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