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Record Nr.

UNINA9910695368203321

Autore

Dattel Andrew R

Titolo

Reweighting AT-SAT to mitigate group score differences [[electronic resource] ] : final report / / by Andrew R. Dattel, Raymond E. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine

Ft. Belvior, VA : , : Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center

Springfield, Va. : , : Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, , 2006

Descrizione fisica

i, 9 pages : digital, PDF file

Altri autori (Persone)

KingRaymond E. <1959->

Soggetti

Air traffic controllers - Ability testing - United States

Employment tests - United States

Air traffic controllers - Training of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 27, 2006).

"July 2006."

"DOT/FAA/AM-06/16."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 9).

Sommario/riassunto

The Air Traffic Selection and Training (AT-SAT) test battery is the selection tool for applicants for Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) positions within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who have not previously been employed as an air traffic controller. AT-SAT is an aptitude test developed to predict the likelihood of successfully learning ATCS skills. Before operational use, however, concerns were raised about the low passing rate of incumbent (who are fully trained and certified) ATCS personnel (who participated in the initial research) and score differences between groups, which could result in adverse impact (possible unfair discrimination). To address these concerns, the subscores of AT-SAT were reweighted, and the additive constant was changed to yield a new total score. The present study compares the original and new scoring methods using data from 724 developmental



ATCSs who volunteered to take AT-SAT. An average increase of 4.86 points was found with the new scoring method; the notional passing rate (achieving a score greater than or equal to 70) changed from 58.8% to 80%.