Improved military air traffic controller selection methods as measured by subsequent training performance

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-43

  Carretta, Thomas R ^a   King, Raymond E ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; Personnel selection; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; STUDENT; TRAINING;

ADULT; APTITUDE TESTS; AVIATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749009079     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2166.2008     Document Type: Article

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