Large sample validations of three general predictors of pilot training success.

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109116 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1050-8414 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10508414 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Aviat Psychol

Publication: Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum
Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-

Research Design* ; Task Performance and Analysis*; Military Personnel/*education ; Personnel Selection/*methods; Australia ; Aviation/education ; Humans ; Meta-Analysis as Topic ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sample Size ; Turkey ; United Kingdom

This article addresses one of the perennial problems of pilot selection research: obtaining an adequate sample size for reliable statistical analysis of predictive validity. Results from three studies involving the same computerized tests of instrument comprehension and psychomotor ability were combined in a meta-analysis to determine whether the validities of these tests generalized across three contexts. These were Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force fixed-wing pilot training and British Army Air Corps rotary-wing pilot training. In this article, we discuss the adequacy of samples for estimating the validity of the tests, and the persistence of predictive validity to later stages of training as shown by British Army Air Corps data. Reference is also made to data from a fourth independent study of Qantas pilot training.

Indexing Agency: NASA Local ID #: 00022208.

Date Created: 19970101 Date Completed: 19980913 Latest Revision: 20161124

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10.1207/s15327108ijap0703_3

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