Psychological Tests for Selecting Aviators.

Abstract

The research here reported 1 aimed to add to the means already available of eliminating very early those candidates for training in aviation who would later be unable to learn to fly, and of selecting those who possessed unusual aptitude for flying.The research did not aim to assist in the classification of those who were already in the service and who had in practice made clear that they were competent flyers.An understanding of the conditions unjder which the experiment was undertaken will be assisted by a brief statement of:1 Responsibility for this investigation and its report is as follows: For the general direction of the research, for part of the apparatus and experimental methods, and for writing Part I., Major Stratton; for part of the apparatus and methods and for the administration of the experiments at the aviation fields, for writing the description of methods, a summary of results, and the method of determining the aviation rating, Captain McComas and Lieutenant Bagby; for the entire statistical treatment, for writing the section on the judgment of curves, the detailed results, and suggestion on method, and for assistance in revision, Captain Coover.Acknowledgment should be made to Captain H. M. Johnson for assistance in preparing the report; to Captain M. Bentley for the form