Book Description

The first two-day conference emphasized general job analysis methods. The second two-day conference concerned research planning on job qualifications. The third two-day conference developed around the topic of methods and techniques for determining staffing standards in military organizations. The agenda for this fourth tri-service conference was concerned with research on the cognitive and non-cognitive factors affecting the selection standards employed by the military services. The subject matter of the conference was divided into the following categories: (1) models, (2) aspects of classification, (3) leadership, (4) statistical methodology, and (5) noncognitive measures. In addition, an evening session was held, the subject being a paper on The Computer as a Research Instrument in the Behavioral Sciences. In contrast to the earlier conferences, the papers delivered at this conference were written and distributed beforehand, so that each two- or three-hour session was in the nature of a seminar with emphasis on the discussion of ideas. These Proceedings are a collection of the papers presented at the conference, many of which, however, have been somewhat revised as a result of stimulating discussions they evoked at the conference. (Author).