Measuring Human Capabilities: An Agenda for Basic Research on the Assessment of Individual and Group Performance Potential for Military Accession

by Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives, National Research Council, and Sensory Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, et al.

Every year, the U.S. Army must select from an applicant pool in the hundreds of thousands to meet annual enlistment targets, currently numbering in the tens of thousands of new soldiers. A critical component of the selection process for enlisted service members is the formal assessments administered to applicants to determine their performance potential. Attrition for the U.S. military is hugely expensive. Every recruit that does not make it through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309317177
• ISBN13: 9780309317177
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.