Prediction of unsuitability among first-term airmen from aptitude indexes, high school reference data, and basic training evaluations.

The predictive validity of premilitary performance ratings by high school personnel.

“…The prediction made by school officials of the subjects' adjustment to the Corps was measured by a questionnaire sent to the school by the U. S. Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit. That questionnaire is a modified version of one developed by Flyer (1963). It was to be completed either by the principal, a guidance counselor, or a teacher who knew the subject, and required information from school records as well as subjective opinions by the rater as to school achievement, extracurricular acthose of the author and are not to be construed as necessarily reflecting the official view or endorsement of the Department of the Navy.…”

Occupational and Personnel Correlates of First-Term Enlisted Tenure in the Air Force

“…Typically, applicants who were younger and had lower aptitude scores and less formal education exhibited a higher probability of loss due to misconduct, failure to adapt, unfitness, or poor performance, These general trends have been demonstrated consistently for recruit populations entering the Air Force (Carpenter & Christal, 1973.;Fisher, Ward, Holdrepe, & Lawrence, 1960;Flyer, 1959Flyer, , 1963Gordon & Bottenberg, 1962;Guinn, 1973), the U,S. Army (Erwin & Herring, 1977, Klleger, Dubuisson, & dejung, 1961Shoemaker, Drucker, & Kriner, 1974), the Navy and the Marine Corps (Goodstadt & Glickman, 1975;Plag & Goffmnn, 1966;Sands, 1977Sands, , 1978.…”

“…Flyer (1959Flyer ( , 1963, and other military researchers concerning the effects of education, background, . ' and aptitude on prediposition toward attrition.…”