On Predicting Success in Training for Men and Women: Examples From Marine Corps Clerical Specialties

The presence of differences between prediction systems for men and women is investigated through a detailed study of clerical occupational specialties in the U.S. Marine Corps. When various measures of ability were used to predict success of recruits in training, sizeable differences in regression e...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1988-08, Vol.73 (3), p.545-550
Main Authors: Dunbar, Stephen B, Novick, Melvin R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aptitude Measures
Biological and medical sciences
Clerical Personnel
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human Sex Differences
Job Performance
Marine Personnel
Occupational psychology
Occupational Success Prediction
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
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Summary:The presence of differences between prediction systems for men and women is investigated through a detailed study of clerical occupational specialties in the U.S. Marine Corps. When various measures of ability were used to predict success of recruits in training, sizeable differences in regression equations were found between men and women. The study showed that selected deletion of extraneous Armed Services Vocational Applitude Battery (ASVAB) variables maintained overall predictive efficiency but did not entirely remove the differences between subgroup regressions. When the attainment of a high-school diploma was considered, however, subgroup differences between predicted scores were substantially reduced. Implications of these empirical results for the general problem of military personnel selection are discussed.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.73.3.545