Male-female performance on U.S. Air Force pilot selection tests

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 818-823

  Carretta, Thomas R ^a  

^a Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030932005     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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