| Screening Air Traffic Control Specialists for Psychopathology Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 |
JUN 2008 |
20 pages |
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Raymond E. King; David J. Schroeder; Carol A. Manning; Paul D. Retzlaff; Clara A. Williams; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST
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 | The purpose of this paper is to model and document the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) as a psychological screening tool for conditionally selected FAA Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCSs). A sample of 1,014 ATCSs in training voluntarily completed the MMPI-2 as part of a research program. Those data are used to estimate the number of future candidates that will be referred for follow-up psychological evaluations, given ... |
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| USAF Enlisted Air Traffic Controller Selection: Examination of the Predictive Validity of the FAA Air Traffic Selection and Training Battery versus Training Performance |
APR 2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R. Carretta; Raymond E. King; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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| Over the past decade, the U.S. military has conducted several studies to evaluate determinants of enlisted air traffic controller (ATC) performance. Research has focused on validation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and has shown it to be a good predictor of training performance. Despite these efforts, enlisted ATC training and post-training attrition is higher than desirable, prompting interest in alternate selection methods to augment current procedures. The ... |
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| Operational Use of the Air Traffic Selection and Training Battery |
MAY 2007 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond E. King; Carol A. Manning; Gena K. Drechsler; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST
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| The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is commencing a massive hiring of air traffic control specialists using a new selection procedure, the Air Traffic Selection and Training (AT-SAT) computerized test battery. Before AT-SAT could be used for hiring purposes, however, the issue of its potential for adverse impact (potential unfair discrimination) had to be addressed. A previous project (Wise, Tsacoumis, Waugh, Putka, & Hom, 2001) reweighted the subtests and adjusted the ... |
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| Reweighting AT-SAT to Mitigate Group Score Differences |
JUL 2006 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew R. Dattel; Raymond E. King; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| The Air Traffic Selection and Training (AT-SAT) test battery is the selection tool for applicants for Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) positions within the FAA who have not previously been employed as an air traffic controller. AT-SAT is an aptitude test developed to predict the likelihood of successfully learning ATCS skills. Before operational use, however, concerns were raised about the low passing rate of incumbent ATCS personnel who participated in ... |
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