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- Title
FLUID INTELLIGENCE AND SPATIAL REASONING AS PREDICTORS OF PILOT TRAINING PERFORMANCE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (SAAF).
- Authors
de Kock, François; Schlechter, Anton
- Abstract
Pilot selection is a form of high-stakes selection due to the massive costs of training, high trainee ability requirements and costly repercussions of poor selection decisions. This criterion-related validation study investigated the predictive ability of fluid intelligence and spatial reasoning in predicting three criteria of pilot training performance, using an accumulated sample of South African Air Force pilots (N = 108). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses with training grade achieved as criterion were performed for each of the phases of training, namely practical flight training, ground school training, and officers' formative training. Multiple correlations of 0.35 (p < 0.01), 0.20 (p > 0.05) and 0.23 (p > 0.05) were obtained for flight, ground school and formative training results, respectively. Spatial ability had incremental validity over fluid intelligence for predicting flight training performance.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; SOUTH Africa. South African Air Force; SPATIAL ability; FLUID dynamics; EMPLOYEE selection; REGRESSION analysis; OCCUPATIONAL surveys; QUESTIONNAIRES; INDUSTRIAL psychology
- Publication
SAJIP: South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0258-5200
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/sajip.v35i1.753