A comparison of two U.S. Air Force pilot aptitude tests

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 931-935

  Carretta, Thomas R ^a   Retzlaff, Paul D ^a   Callister, Joseph D ^a   King, Raymond E ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE TESTS; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031685532     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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