Open AccessTHE BIOGRAPHICAL INVENTORY IN NAVAL AVIATION SELECTION: INSIDE THE BLACK BOX
Author(s) -
Stricker Lawrence J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2004.tb01935.x
Subject(s) - attrition , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , aviation , officer , operations research , personnel selection , applied psychology , operations management , aeronautics , statistics , computer science , engineering , political science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , law , medicine , dentistry , aerospace engineering
A biographical inventory has been used in the selection of students for naval aviation training since World War II, and its validity in predicting their retention‐attrition in this training has been well established. This study investigated the constructs underlying the inventory and their relations to students' retention‐attrition. A factor analysis of the items on the inventory for student pilots identified five factors. One factor, being a commissioned officer, appeared to account for the inventory's validity.