ABSTRACT
Work on the development of the MICROPAT test battery began in the late 1970s. The tests were designed to improve prediction of training outcome for those entering military pilot training with no previous flying experience (ab initio trainees). The battery was one of the earliest sets of tests for occupational assessment designed specifically to make use of computer technology (Burke et al., 1995). Its focus on the prediction of very complex criteria (i.e., the later stages of operational flying training) led to a test design approach that had more in common with work/job sample approaches than those focusing on the assessment of assumed underlying abilities.
