| Evaluating an Approach to MOUT Decision Skills Training |
OCT 2001 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca M. Pliske; Laura G. Militello; Deborah A. Battaglia; Jennifer Phillips; KLEIN ASSOCIATES INC FAIRBORN OH
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 | An experimental training program was developed to improve the battlefield decision skills of platoon leaders during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT). The program was implemented in the form of a multimedia, train-the-trainer CD-ROM titled 'IMproving Performance through Applied Cognitive Training' (IMPACT). This report describes an evaluation of the usability of IMPACT, including an exploration of methodological issues associated with evaluating the effectiveness of training programs to improve decision-making skills. ... |
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| Applied Cognitive Task Analysis (ACTA) Methodology |
NOV 97 |
193 pages |
| Authors:
Laura G. Militello; Robert J. B. Hutton; Rebecca M. Pliske; Betsy J. Knight; Gary Klein; KLEIN ASSOCIATES INC FAIRBORN OH
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| The impact of technology on many tasks and functions has resulted in greatly increased demands on the cognitive skills of workers. More procedural or predictable tasks are now handled by smart machines, while humans have become responsible for difficult cognitive tasks. The increase in cognitive demands placed on workers has created a need for training that targets cognitive skills. In most cases, however, the task analyses that drive training development ... |
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| Families and Readiness: An Examination of the 1985 DoD Survey of Enlisted Personnel |
AUG 88 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca M. Pliske; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The existing literature on military families and readiness was reviewed, along with related literature from civilian population studies. Data from the 1985 DOD Survey of Enlisted Personnel were matched to Army records containing Skill Qualification Test (SQT) scores used to measure job performance. The results suggest that dependent care arrangements are a problem for a substantial minority of Army personnel in both short- and long- term situations (no-notice alerts and ... |
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| The Army 2-Year Enlistment Option: Measuring Its Cost-Effectiveness |
MAY 88 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
David K. Horne; Rebecca M. Pliske; Curtis L. Gilroy; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| Data from the U.S. Army Research Institute's Survey of Army Recruits was examined to assess the effectiveness of the 2-year enlistment tour. Cross tabulation and cost benefit analyses were conducted, indicating that in the 1986 sample of new Army recruits, more than one-half (54%) of the male, 2-year recruits would not have enlisted in any service without the 2-year option. Furthermore, this percentage was even larger for the higher AFQT ... |
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| The Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST): An Examination of Test Validity and Test Fairness |
JUN 87 |
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| Authors:
Deirdre J. Knapp; Rebecca M. Pliske; Timothy W. Elig; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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 | The Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST) is used by Army recruiters to predict prospective applicants' (i.e., prospects') performance on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). CAST performance data were collected from 60 recruiting stations across the country throughout calendar year 1985. These data were matched to applicant tapes from Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) to obtain AFQT scores and relevant demographic information. Data analyses indicate that CAST is quite good ... |
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| Preliminary Report on a National Cross-Validation of the Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST) |
AUG 86 |
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| Authors:
Deirdre J. Knapp; Rebecca M. Pliske; NAVY PERSONNEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Army must meet quantity and quality goals in its recruiting. Recent advances in computer technology and psychometric theory have made possible a new type of assessment technique, called computerized adaptive testing (CAT), that can provide accurate estimates of ability based on relatively few test items. The Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST) was designed to estimate a prospect's Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score at the recruiting station. Recruiters use ... |
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| The 1984 and 1985 ARI Survey of Army Recruits: Methodology and Recommendations for Future Administrations |
MAY 86 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Jeanna F. Celeste; Michael J. Wilson; Vivian F. Ramsey; Timothy W. Elig; Rebecca M. Pliske; WESTAT INC ROCKVILLE MD
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| This is a task final report. The volume overviews the survey administration procedures, including instrument design, data collection, data preparation, and processing techniques employed in the 1984 and 1985 ARI Surveys of Army Recruits. The report proposes recommendations for future surveys that address problems inherent in performing ad hoc surveys, and contrast survey outcomes from low cost versus high cost survey administrations. Keywords: Army recruiting, Enlistment motivations, Low-cost vs. high-cost ... |
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| Towards an Understanding of Army Enlistment Motivation Patterns |
JAN 86 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca M. Pliske; Timothy W. Elig; Richard M. Johnson; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This report summarizes information from the ARI New Recruit Surveys for 1982 and 1983 related to enlistment motivations of new Army recruits. In addition to presenting cross-tabulated responses for survey questions, principal component analyses (PCA) were completed on recruits' responses to questions on their reasons for enlistment. The PCA indicated that recruits enlist for a variety of economic and psychological reasons, such as self improvement, economic advancement, military service, time ... |
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| Cross-Validation of the Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST) |
JUL 84 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca M. Pliske; Paul A. Gade; Richard M. Johnson; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Computerized Adaptive Screening Test (CAST) was developed to provide an estimate at recruiting stations of prospects' Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores. The CAST was designed to replace the paper- and-pencil Enlistment Screening Test (EST). The initial validation study of CAST indicated that CAST predicts AFQT at least as accurately as EST and that it is more efficient to use (Sands & Gade, 1983). This report summarizes the findings ... |
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| A Partition of Small Group Predecision Performance into Informational and Social Components |
30 AUG 1982 |
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| Authors:
Jeff T. Casey; Charles F. Gettys; Rebecca M. Pliske; Tom Mehle; OKLAHOMA UNIV NORMAN DECISION PROCESSES LAB
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| New theoretical and methodological techniques for partitioning and identifying the sources of performance differences between groups and individuals in hypothesis and act generation tasks are presented in two experiments. Experiment 1 presents a two-component model which separates group performance into informational and social components. The model proposes that the pooling of information in an interacting group (the information component) is mediated by the social factors (e.g., level of arousal, cohesiveness, ... |
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| Act Generation Performance: The Effects of Incentive |
15 AUG 1982 |
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| Authors:
Rebecca M. Pliske; Charles F. Gettys; Carol A. Manning; Jeff T. Casey; OKLAHOMA UNIV NORMAN DECISION PROCESSES LAB
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| Two experiments explored the generalizability of earlier research which indicated that human act generation performance was impoverished. Subjects were given a realistic decision problem and were asked to generate actions which could be taken to solve the problem. Subjects in two incentive conditions were offered monetary rewards for generating additional actions. Subjects in one condition were rewarded for the sheer quantity of actions produced and subjects in the other condition ... |
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