Selection requirements for underwater demolition team training

Abstract

Using age, one swimming measure, and two physical fitness measure as predictors, a multiple correlation of .61 was obtained with the criterion. The swimming measure made the greatest contribution. Cutting score analyses indicated that the use of specified hurdles on three measures—age, GCT, and swimming ability—would eliminate over 50% of the failures without substantially reducing the number who would complete training. Personality measures were not found to be particularly useful as predictors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)