Development of new selection tests for air traffic controllers

Dailey, John T.; Prickrel, Evan W.

doi:10.1037/e534352008-001

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“…A thorough description of the battery can be found in Manning (1991). Briefly, the MCAT is a paper-and-pencil test that presents a static, highly abstracted set of problems that requires examinees to answer time-distance questions or to identify possible separation conflicts between airplanes (see Dailey & Pickrel, 1977, for a review). The ABSR is a reasoning test that contains both inductive letter series and spatial figure classification items.…”

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Integrating laboratory and field study for improving selection: Development of a battery for predicting air traffic controller success.

Ackerman¹,

Kanfer²

1993

Journal of Applied Psychology

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An example of combining laboratory-and field-based study to develop a selection battery for field implementation is described. The procedure provides advantages in comparison with sole use of field-based experimentation: namely, greater control over examinee samples, collection of construct validity data, and fewer field demands for cross-validation. Two experiments were conducted that converge on development of a test battery for selection of air traffic controllers (ATCs). The laboratory study (N = 112) used an ATC simulator (terminal radar approach control, or TRACON) for initial development and evaluation of the selection battery. The field study of 206 Federal Aviation Administration ATC trainees provided cross-validation data as a precursor to implementation of the battery. Implications for developing ability-based and self-efficacy-based selection measures for complex job performance are discussed, as are general issues for new selection research and application.

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Section: Opm Testmentioning

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Integrating laboratory and field study for improving selection: Development of a battery for predicting air traffic controller success.

Ackerman¹,

Kanfer²

1993

Journal of Applied Psychology

110

166

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“…The order effect was handled by using the scores from MCAT 706A given first. The methodology used for these conversions is described in Dailey and Pickrel (1977) …”

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“…This chapter describes the creation of the Multiplex Controller Aptitude Test (MCAT), a new measure to screen applicants for Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Controller positions (Dailey and Pickrel, 1977). Its content includes both items that measure the tra-0 ditional types of aptitudes, such as arithmetic reasoning and visualization, that are included in many tests employed by the Office of Personnel Management, and new job sample items derived from analysis of the controller activity.…”

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“…Based on . -. FAA research, the cognitive capacity to interpret radar scope information seems to demonstrate the best discriminatory power to date (Dailey & Pickrel, 1977;Boone, 1979a). The MCAT was developed for this purpose, and some form of ATCS simulation is common during the interview phase of several countries.…”

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“…The corrections were made using a previously developed new procedure (Boone and Lewis, 1978; presented with seven dials for each set of six questions and is required ilk to read the correct value on the appropriate dial in order to select the tight answer from among five given alternatives. The MCAT (Dailey and Pickrel, 1977 …”

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