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Performance Differences in Psychomotor and Dichotic Listening Tests among Landing Craft Air Cushion Vehicle Operator Trainees

Changes in the selection procedures for the U.S. Navy's landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vehicle operator training program are under development. Several cognitive, personality, and psychomotor selection tests are being evaluated. This study analyzed the performance of 36 LCAC operator trainees on an automated series of single and multiple psychomotor (PMT) and dichotic listening (DLT) tests that measure abilities involving eye-hand-foot coordination and divided attention. Point-biserial correlational analyses between test measures and training criteria resulted in a number of statistically significant correlations (p < .05). Additional analyses using the t test indicated that successful trainees performed significantly better than unsuccessful trainees on PMT measures (p < .05). In multiple task conditions, where PMT and DLT were administered simultaneously, only performance on PMT subtasks indicated significant differences between the two groups. These findings suggest that psychomotor tests have the potential to predict LCAC training program outcome.

Tatree Nontasak | Daniel L. Dolgin | D. J. Blower

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