PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES AS PREDICTORS OF PILOT PERFORMANCE - A METAANALYSIS

The purposes of this study were to review the validity evidence for ps ychological measures used in pilot selection and to detect possible mo derators for the relationship between predictors and pilot performance . A total of 66 independent samples from 50 studies were located and i ncluded in the meta-analysis. The best predictors of pilot performance were previous training experience (.30) and combined indexes, a combi nation of several cognitive and/or psychomotor tests (.37). The next b est predictors were tests measuring cognitive (.24) and psychomotor/in formation-processing abilities (.24), as well as aviation information (.24) and biographical inventories (.23). The personality, intelligenc e, and academic tests yielded lowest mean validities (.14, .16, and .1 5, respectively). The analysis indicated that moderators might be oper ating for all test categories except academics, and the effect of seve ral moderators were examined.