Carretta T R, Retzlaff P D, Callister J D, King R E
Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5352, USA.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1998 Oct;69(10):931-5.
The Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB) were administered to 2233 U.S. Air Force pilot candidates to investigate the common sources of variance in those batteries. The AFOQT was operationally administered as part of the officer commissioning and aircrew selection testing requirement. The MAB is a clinical test battery and was administered to provide an intellectual baseline to assist clinicians when it becomes necessary to evaluate pilots with cognitive referral questions.
A joint factor analysis of the AFOQT and MAB revealed that each battery had a hierarchical structure. The higher-order factor in the AFOQT previously had been identified as general cognitive ability (g). The intercorrelation between the higher-order factors from the batteries was 0.981, indicating that both measured g. Although both batteries measured g and included verbal, spatial, and perceptual speed tests, the AFOQT also included tests of aviation knowledge not found in the MAB.
Additional studies are required to evaluate the utility of the AFOQT for clinical assessment and the MAB for officer and aircrew selection.
对2233名美国空军飞行员候选人进行了空军军官资格测试（AFOQT）和多维能力测验（MAB），以调查这些测验中共同的方差来源。AFOQT作为军官授衔和机组人员选拔测试要求的一部分进行实际施测。MAB是一种临床测验组合，施测该测验是为了在有必要对存在认知转介问题的飞行员进行评估时提供智力基线，以协助临床医生。
对AFOQT和MAB进行的联合因素分析表明，每个测验组合都具有层次结构。AFOQT中的高阶因素先前已被确定为一般认知能力（g）。两个测验组合的高阶因素之间的相互关联为0.981，表明两者都测量了g。虽然两个测验组合都测量了g，且都包括语言、空间和知觉速度测试，但AFOQT还包括MAB中未有的航空知识测试。
需要进行更多研究来评估AFOQT在临床评估中的效用以及MAB在军官和机组人员选拔中的效用。
