Accession Number:
ADA037321
Title:
Non-Cognitive Characteristics as a Basis for Guidance into the Navy Para-Medical Specialties,
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NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CALIF
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Report Date:
1973-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
11.0
Abstract:
Background history and Personality questionnaries were adminstred to 93 effective Hospital Corpsmen and 52 personnel serving effectively in Navy deck and Mechanical specialties. Sixty-two items discriminated significantly between the personnel in these two occupational groups. These items were combined into a single non-cognitive measure which was keyed to identify the hospital corpsmen. By using regression analysis, it was found that this non-cognitive measure nearly doubled the accuracy of predicting group membership over what could be achieved with cognitive aptitude measures alone. As a methodological matter, these results provided support for the hypothesis that using objective, non-cognitive measures as a supplement to current classification procedures will bring about a significant reduction in the high rates of poor performance and psychiatric illness among Navy para-medical personnel. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Personnel Management and Labor Relations