Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT): Predictors of Undergraduate PilotTraining and Undergraduate Navigator Training Success

摘要

This research investigated the relationship between the Air Force OfficerQualifying Test (AFOQT) Form O and performance (pass/fail) in Undergraduate Pilot Training and Undergraduate Navigator Training. It was found that the several subtests and composites currently being used in the pilot and navigator selection had significant correlations with pilot and navigator training success, respectively. When the correlations were corrected for restriction in range, the correlations increased moderately. Regression analysis revealed that the AFOQT has greater accuracy in predicting success in UPT and UNT when two distinct composites are used than when one combined composite is used. The evaluation of the potential composites against the existing composites revealed that several alternative composites were more effective in predicting pilot and navigator training success than those currently in operational use. Keywords: Air Force officer qualifying test, Aptitude tests, Navigator selection, Pilot section. (EG)