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Download full textStricker, Lawrence J. – ETS Research Report Series, 2004
A biographical inventory has been used in the selection of students for naval aviation training since World War II, and its validity in predicting their retention-attrition in this training has been well established. This study investigated the constructs underlying the inventory and their relations to students' retention-attrition. A factor…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Military Training, Aviation Education, School Holding Power
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Alderton, David L. – 1991
The usefulness of response latency data for biographical inventory items was assessed for improving the inventory's validity. Focus was on assessing whether weighting item scores on the basis of their latencies improves the predictive validity of the inventory's total score. A total of 120 items from the Armed Services Applicant Profile (ASAP)…
Descriptors: Adults, Biographical Inventories, Computer Assisted Testing, Males
Stricker, Lawrence J. – 1989
The aim of this study was to construct and validate a biographical inventory to measure personality traits that are predictive of leadership. The experimental inventory, consisting of tentative scales for Dominance, Emotional Stability, Need for Achievement, Self-Confidence, and Sociability, was administered to 642 incoming midshipmen at the Naval…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Biographical Inventories, Educational Assessment, Emotional Development
