Attitude, Aptitude, and Testing in the Efficient Mobilization of Military Manpower

In: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/41711

Abstract

Militaries commonly require recruits to pass a test that measures aptitude for military service. In this paper, we show that such tests may also act as a device for screening out low-motivation recruits, even if it is assumed that motivation is not measured by such tests and is not correlated with aptitude.