Research for MOP
January 1, 1994
The Navy trains pilots to fly a variety of aircraft. At present, all student pilots attend primary training in the fixed-wing T-34 training aircraft and are then assigned to specialized advanced training 'pipelines.' In this paper, we document the Navy's use of observed flight performance in primary to assign student pilots for advanced training. We examine the ability of the Navy to predict student pilot performance before primary begins and early in primary. First, we predict primary flight performance before flight training begins, using the data employed to screen candidates into flight training. Next, we predict primary performance using flight stage grades earned early in primary. We address two major policy issues: (1) how would pipeline selection be affected if the Navy had two separate primaries, one for helicopter training and another for fixed-wing training? and (2) how would pipeline selection be affected if helicopter pilots were selected early in primary training?
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June 1, 1993
This information memorandum is a bibliography of all formal research conducted by the Center for Naval Analyses for the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement (JPM) project. The initial reason for the JPM project concerned the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which is the test used to select and classify enlisted personnel into the four armed services. The Marine Corps JPM project was a major effort to measure on-the-job performance of enlisted Marines. Active duty Marine Corps job experts on both the East and West Coasts -- at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Marine Corps Air Station Tustin -- provided essential guidance and consultation in all phases of the JPM project.
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March 1, 1993
The armed services use the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to select and classify enlisted personnel. The Marine Corps uses its Electronics (EL) composite of four ASVAB subtests to classify recruits into electronics-related field. This memorandum investigates whether the Marine Corps' EL composite is a valid predictor of performance in electronics courses, and whether the current EL standard of 115 is supported by analysis of training grade data.
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March 1, 1993
The Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement (JPM) project was a long term research effort to develop objective measures of job performance and to relate these measures to the aptitude test used for military selection. The second phase of the project focused on mechanical maintenance specialties: automotive and helicopter mechanics. This research memorandum documents the ability of scores from the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to predict several measures of mechanical maintenance performance: hands-on performance tests, job knowledge tests, initial skill training course grades, and supervisor ratings. We examined tradeoffs between aptitude and job experience in predicting job performance. We also derived aptitude standards for these mechanical maintenance specialties based on the hands-on performance criterion. The Marine Corps JPM project succeeded in developing reliable, objective, and representative measures of mechanical maintenance job performance. The results from the project provide the Marine Corps with convincing empirical evidence that demonstrates the strong link between performance on the ASVAB and future performance in selected mechanical maintenance jobs.
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March 1, 1993
In times of budgetary constraint, the Marine Corps must assess its need for high aptitude enlisted recruits. Ideally, hands-on performance tests would provide the benchmark measure of job performance against which the Marine Corps could assess its enlistment aptitude standards and the proficiency of its personnel. However, hands-on performance tests are too expensive to use for ongoing monitoring of aptitude standards and evaluation of training needs. Surrogate measures, such as job knowledge test, might provide performance benchmarks at a fraction of the cost of hands-on tests. This paper assesses the usefulness of several surrogate job performance measures for evaluating enlistment aptitude standard and determining USMC training needs.
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February 1, 1992
A fundamental requirement in the development and administration of performance measures is that such assessments should result in reliable scores that accurately indicate a person's level of proficiency. This research memorandum examines the reliability of two performance measures of mechanical maintenance developed for the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement project: hands-on performance tests and job knowledge tests. Multiple estimates of reliability were computed, and the consistency of test administrators in scoring hands-on performance was specifically examined.
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January 1, 1992
Hands-on performance tests and job-knowledge tests were developed for the CH-53E helicopter mechanic as part of the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement Project. The purpose of this information memorandum is to disseminate these performance measures to Marine Corps personnel managers, training instructors, and interested researchers who may find them useful. This work comprises two parts: volume I contains the hands-on performance test, and this volume presents the administrative duties and job-knowledge tests. See also 95 020801 (Volume I).
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January 1, 1992
Hands-on performance tests and job-knowledge tests were developed for the CH-53E helicopter mechanic as part of the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement Project. The purpose of this information memorandum is to disseminate these performance measures to Marine Corps personnel managers, training instructors, and interested researchers who may find them useful. This work comprises two parts: this volume contains the hands-on performance test, and a second volume presents the administrative duties and job-knowledge tests. See also 95 020802 (Volume II).
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January 1, 1992
Computerized administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) potentially offers several benefits over the current paper-and-pencil administration. One benefit is the possible expansion of predictor tests beyond the dominant mathematical and verbal orientation of the ASVAB. This research memorandum first examines the comparability of measurement for the computerized and paper-and-pencil tests. Second, several new tests that measure psychomotor skills (hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity) are examined for their ability to expand the range of dimensions currently assessed by the ASVAB, as well as to improve the prediction of performance in mechanical maintenance jobs.
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November 1, 1991
Hands-on performance tests and job knowledge tests were developed for several U/AH-1 helicopter maintenance specialties as part of the Marine Corps Job Performance Measurement Project. The purpose of this information memorandum is to disseminate these performance measures to Marine Corps personnel managers, training instructors, and interested researchers who may find them useful. This work comprises two parts: this volume contains the hands-on performance test, and a second volume presents the administrative duties and job knowledge tests. See also CIM 95 020002.
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