Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
City
Dayton
Abstract
This study deals with the problem of retaking identical or parallel mental ability tests. This can lead to difficulties in the assessment for prestigious jobs like pilot or ab initio pilot candidate positions, where test preparation is common and a large training industry has been established. We investigated practice effects on test-takers’ performance and reliability as well as validity of a spatial ability task. The task was administered ten times, five minutes each, in a sample of 156 ab initio pilot applicants. A performance plateau was reached after the fifth trial, reliability and validity were not affected negatively, they even tend to rise. Consequences for diagnostics are discussed and a brief outlook on the incorporation of the spatial ability task in a multiple task performance test battery is given.
Repository Citation
Albers, F.,
& Hoeft, S.
(2007). Practice Effects on Test-Takers’ Performance and Quality of Cognitive Domains Should Be Part of Every Pilot Assessment. Investigation of the Mechanisms of Practice Effects Ability Tests in Pilot Selection: A Spatial Ability Test as an Example. 2007 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 1-6.
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