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Book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program

Download or read book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program written by Henry H. Busciglio and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program

Download or read book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research assessed the relationship between scores on new Project A tests of spatial ability and performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) program, including military orienteering (i.e., navigating over unfamiliar territory from a drop-off point to a prescribed destination). Candidates in two SFAS classes took the Project A Map, Orientation, and Maze tests. Researchers also used two measures of general cognitive ability and a measure of physical fitness as predictor scores. Criterion data were gathered as candidates proceeded through the SFAS program. The authors performed a series of univariate and multivariate analyses on these data. The major results indicate that (a) spatial scores are moderately related to scores on individual military orienteering tasks, (b) certain spatial tests scores and scores on the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) lead to modest increases in the predictability of overall orienteering performance and graduation from the SFAS program, and (c) spatial, cognitive, and APFT scores do not lead to any appreciable improvement in the prediction of voluntary and involuntary attrition.

Book Technical Report

Download or read book Technical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book List of U S Army Research Institute Research and Technical Publications

Download or read book List of U S Army Research Institute Research and Technical Publications written by U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Government Reports Announcements Index

Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Barriers to Minority Participation in Special Operations Forces

Download or read book Barriers to Minority Participation in Special Operations Forces written by Margaret C. Harrell and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RAND's National Defense Research Institute was asked to assess minority representation and recruiting in special operations forces. Our study is a quantitative and qualitative research effort to evaluate the level of minority representation in special operations forces and the reasons for current representation and to suggest policy changes that might, if necessary, increase minority representation in these forces. The study may be of interest to other agencies or organizations concerned with issues of minority representation, both within and outside the Department of Defense.

Book Development of a Roadmap for Special Forces Selection and Classification Research

Download or read book Development of a Roadmap for Special Forces Selection and Classification Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this project was to develop an agenda for Special Forces (SF) selection and classification research. Job analysis data, interviews, field observation, and expert judgments about the quality of measures formed the foundation for the Roadmap. The resulting Roadmap is composed of eight projects. Projects 1 and 2, Concurrent Criterion-Related Validation of Readily Available Predictor Measures Against on the Job Performance and Development and Implementation of Content Valid Job Sample Tests, supplement SF selection and classification with measures of leadership, temperament, and communication and analytic skills that could be implemented quickly. Project 3, Validation of Measures of Conventional Army Task Proficiency, Experience and Preference Against Training Performance, addresses the fit between individuals and SF Jobs. Project 4, Validation of Training Performance Against on the Job Performance, would evaluate the usefulness of training data for predicting job performance. Project 5, Predictive Validation of All Predictors Against on the Job Performance, the ultimate test of any selection system, requires maintaining databases for validation purposes. Projects 6-8 involve the development of information to facilitate decision making at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The are: Development of a Selection and Training Decision Simulator (Project 6), Review of New Measures of Leader Problem Solving Performance (Project 7), and Training Performance Study (Project 8)."--DTIC.

Book Special Forces Assessment and Selection

Download or read book Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by Sean P. Feeley and published by . This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) program conducted by the U.S. Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS). It seeks to determine the most accurate and relevant method of testing potential Special Forces soldiers and officers. Thesis study focuses on the validity of the current personal attributes required in a Special Forces soldier and the current testing methods employed to measure the required attributes set forth by SWCS. It also explores the issue of an additional selection program for the potential Special Forces officer. This study demonstrates that the current attributes required in the potential Special Forces soldier and officer are valid. However it recommends two additional attributes that will enhance the profile of the Special Forces soldier. It also demonstrates that the current testing methods of SFAS do not sufficiently test all the required attributes. This thesis recommends nine additional testing methods that adequately test all the required attributes for a Special Forces soldier and officer. This thesis focus on the assessment and selection program of SFAS; it does not discuss standards that must be achieved by the potential Special Forces soldier and officer.

Book The Usefulness of Project A Spatial Tests for Predicting Comprehensive Performance Measures

Download or read book The Usefulness of Project A Spatial Tests for Predicting Comprehensive Performance Measures written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army's Project A developed and validated measures of abilities other than the general cognitive domain covered by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Busciglio (1990) analyzed data from the 1985 Concurrent Validation phase of Project A and found that Project A spatial scores substantially incremented the predictive validity of ASVAB. However, a number of questions were left unanswered. How useful are spatial abilities to performance in various entry-level Army jobs? Do spatial tests remain valid predictors after the ASVAB subtests have been added to prediction equations? Busciglio's (1990) original sample of 4,039 individuals in nine entry-level MOS was again used. Predictors were the ASVAB and the Project A spatial tests. Criteria were comprehensive measures of job performance and included written and hands-on tests of common and MOS-specific tasks. Backward stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed to answer the research questions. In comparing the results with those of Busciglio (1990), it was found that the spatial tests accounted for approximately as much criterion variance as did the ASVAB tests, indicating the importance of spatial skills to the performance of many Army jobs. Also, several of the spatial tests were especially strong predictors of the criterion measures across MOS, suggesting that they would lead to improved prediction of job performance if incorporated into the Army's selection composites. A number of methodological considerations are noted as an aid to interpreting these results.